SOLUTION: Would you mine answering the following? AN Aircraft has 36 seats available for passengers.The cost per adult is K948 & K748 per child to fly from POM to Wewak.A total

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Question 1046000: Would you mine answering the following?
AN Aircraft has 36 seats available for passengers.The cost per adult is K948 & K748 per child to fly from POM to Wewak.A total of K28,648 was raised on the flight which had all seats fully sold out.
a. WRITE THE EXPRESSION FOR THE NUMBER OF ADULT PASSENGERS INTERMS OF X.
b.EXPRESS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INTERMS OF X.
c.WRITE THE EXPRESSION FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY COLLECTED USING X.
d.SOLVE THE EQUATION IN C
d.HOW MANY CHILDREN WERE ON THE AIRCRAFT?
Thankyou & am awaiting ur assistance & Ideas.
Regards
Regina
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Adults=x
children=36-x
X+(36-x)=36
948x+748(36-x)=28,648
948x+26928-748x=28,648
200x=1720
x=8.6 adults. This is not an integer, so there is no integer number of adults/children that gives the above figure of 28.648. The number of children is not an integer, either, but 27.4.
It can be shown that 8.6 adults *948=8152.8
27.4 children*748=20495.2
These add to 28,648, and while mathematically correct, it is not possible with people.