document.write( "Question 1149253: the admission fee at the fair is $3 for children and $6 for adults. on a certain day, 2000 people enter the fair and $8100 is collected. how many children and how many adults attended \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let  \"x\"  be the number of children;  then the number of adults is  (2000-x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The money equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3x + 6*(2000-x) = 8100.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation, express \"x\" and  calculate\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 1300.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  1300 children  and  200-1300 = 700 adults.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   1300*3 + 700*6 = 8100 dollars.   ! Correct !\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is a standard tickets problem.\r
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