Question

The admission fee at an amusement park is $2.00 for children and $7.00 for adults. On a certain day, 296 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1092 dollars. How many children and how many adults were admitted?

number of children equals:
number of adults equals:

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let the adults entered that day be x
So,

The children would be 296 - x.

From this we get,

7x + 2(296-x) = 1092

5x = 500

x = 100

Hundred Adults entered the amusement park that day and,

(296-100) = 196 Children entered the park that day.

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