Given :
The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults.
On a certain day, 2,200 people enter the fair and $5,050 is collected.
To Find :
How many children and how many adults attended.
Solution :
Let, number of children and adults attended are c and a.
So, c + a = 2200 ....1)
Now, fair collected is given by :
1.5c + 4a = 5050 ....2)
Putting value of a from equation 1) to 2), we get :
1.5c + 4( 2200 - c ) = 5050
1.5c - 4c = 5050 - 8800
2.5c = 3750
c = 1500
a = 2200 - 1500
a = 700
Therefore, 1500 children and 700 adults attended the fair.