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The admission fee at an amusement park is 1.5 dollars for children and 4 dollars for adults. On a certain

day, 380 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1070 dollars. How many
children and how many adults were admitted?
Your answer is
number of children equals
number of adults equals

User Mikell
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C+A=380
C*1.5+A*4=1070

Multiply first equation by 4 and subtract the second equation from the first:

C*2.5=450
C=180
A=200

Weird.....more adults than children at the amusement park?
User Andrew Terekhine
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