SOLUTION: The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.25 for children and $4.80 for adults. On a certain day, 234 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 683 dolla
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Question 1136897: The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.25 for children and $4.80 for adults. On a certain day, 234 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 683 dollars. How many children and how many adults were admitted?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let c be the number of children and a be the number of adults
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1) a +c = 234
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2) 4.80a +1.25c = 683
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solve equation 1 for a
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a = 234 -c
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substitute for a in equation 2
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4.80(234 -c) +1.25c = 683
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1123.2 -4.80c +1.25c = 683
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-3.55c = -440.2
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c = 124
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a = 234 -124 = 110
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There are 110 adults and 124 children
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check answer by substituting for a and c in equation 2
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4.80(110) +1.25(124) = 683
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528 +155 = 683
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683 = 683
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answer checks
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