Question

on a certain day the community took 82 people on whale watching trips there were 54 children ages 12 and under of which some children were under 3 years if x represents the number of children under 3 years which equation can be used to find the value of x where C represents the total amount of money collected from tickets that day

Answer 1

Info given

We have a total of people given (82). We also know that we have 54 children of under 12 years and under some children were under 3 years

We define x as the number of children under 3 years.

We want to find C for the total cost. We don't have the unitary prices but we can assume it as C1 (over 3 and lower than 12) and C2(adults) for children and adults.

Solution:

`C=C_1(54-x)+C_2(82-54)`

With C the total amount collected and C1 and C2 described above.