Question

On one day at a local minigolf course, there were 320 customers who paid a total of $2,900. If the cost for a child is $7 per game and the cost for an adult is $10 per game, write a system of equations to model this scenario, where x represents the number of children and y represents the number of adults who played that day.

Answer 1

Answer: We can write a system of equations to model this scenario using the information given.

Let x represent the number of children who played minigolf that day, and let y represent the number of adults who played minigolf that day.

The first equation represents the total number of customers, which is the sum of the number of children and the number of adults.

x + y = 320

The second equation represents the total amount of money earned, which is the product of the number of children playing and the cost per child's game plus the product of the number of adults playing and the cost per adult's game.

7x + 10y = 2900

So the system of equations that models this scenario is:

x + y = 320

7x + 10y = 2900

We can use this system of equations to find the number of children and adults who played minigolf that day, given the total number of customers and total amount of money earned. By solving this system of equations we can find the values for x and y.

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