SOLUTION: The admission fee at an amusement park is 1.5 dollars for children and 4 dollars for adults. On a certain day, 400 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled

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Question 865957: The admission fee at an amusement park is 1.5 dollars for children and 4 dollars for adults. On a certain day, 400 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1100 dollars. How many children and how many adults were admitted?
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Hi

$4x + $1.50(400-x) = 1100

          2.5x = 500

             x = 200 adult tickets sold and 200 children's

CHECKING our answer***

$800 + $300 = $1100

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