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Question 1088970: there were 619 people at a play. the admission price was 3$ for adults and $1 for children. the admission receipts were 1150$ how many children and adults attended Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source):
The convenient way to continue is Eliminate c, solving first for a.
but this makes no sense. Whole and EVEN number for a will be needed. There cannot be any HALF of an adult. Recheck your problem description.