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The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. Write a system of equations that represent this situtation
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The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for

adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected.


Write a system of equations that represent this situtation

How many children and how many adults attended?

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1.50c + 4.00a = 5,050

c + a = 2,200

-1.50 (c + a = 2,200)

1.50c + 4.00a = 5,050
-1.50c - 1.50a = -3,300

2.5a = 1750

a = 700

c + 700 = 2,200

c = 1500

700 adults and 1500 children attended the fair.

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