document.write( "Question 1139185: The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.25 for children and $6.40 for adults. On a certain day, 333 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1163 dollars. How many children and how many adults were admitted?
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document.write( "Let x = # of adult tickets, y = # of children tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the condition, you have these 2 equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "           x +     y  =  333        (1)    (counting tickets)\r\n" );
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document.write( "      6.40*x +  1.25*y = 1163       (2)    (counting money)\r\n" );
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document.write( "From equation (1), express  y = 333 - x  and substitute it into equation (2). You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "      6.40x + 1.25*(333-x) = 1163.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Express x and calculate answer\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 145.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then from equation (1),  y = 333 - 145 = 188.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  145 adults tickets and 188 children tickets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   145*6.40 + 188*1.25 = 1163 dollars.   ! Correct !\r\n" );
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