SOLUTION: The admission fee at an amusement park is $2.00 for children and $5.20 for adults. On a certain day, 237 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled $810. How
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Question 1164803: The admission fee at an amusement park is $2.00 for children and $5.20 for adults. On a certain day, 237 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled $810. How many children and how many adults were admitted? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! That description, if x is for children count and y for adult count,
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Let x be the number of adults; then the number of children is (237-x).
The money equation (the revenue equation) is
5.20*x + 2*(237-x) = 810 dollars.
From the equation
x = = 105.
ANSWER. 105 adults and the rest, 237-105 = 132, are children.
CHECK. 5.20*105 + 132*2.00 = 810 dollars. ! Correct !
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