The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.50 for children and $4 for adults. On a certain day, 32

Publish date: 2024-05-31
The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.50 for children and $4 for adults. On a certain day, 327 people entered the park , and the admission fee collected totaled 978.00 dollars . How many children and how many adults were admitted?

Let the number of children's tickets be c. Let the number of adult tickets be a. We're given two equations:

  • a + c = 327
  • 4a + 1.50c = 978
    • We can solve this system of equation 3 ways:
    No matter which method we choose, we get the same answers:

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