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This question has two parts.

The admission ticket to a baseball game is $5 for children and $9 for adults. On a certain night,

900 people were present at the baseball game and $6,500 was collected. How many children

attended the baseball game?

Part A

Write a system of equations, and solve it to find the number of children that attended the

baseball game.

Write your answers and your work or explanation in the space below.

User John Hoge
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Answer:

x + y = 900

5x + 9y = 6500

400 children

Explanation:

Let:

Children = x ; adult = y

x + y = 900 - - - (1)

5x + 9y = 6500 - - - (2)

From (1)

y = 900 - x

Put y = 900 - x in (2)

5x + 9(900 - x) = 6500

5x + 8100 - 9x = 6500

-4x = 6500 - 8100

-4x = - 1600

x = 1600 / 4

x = 400

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