Question

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On a certain hot​ summer's day, 540 people used the public swimming pool. The daily prices are $1.25 for children and $2.00 for adults. The receipts for admission totaled $822.75. How many children and how many adults swam at the public pool that​ day?

Answer 1

There were 343 children and 197 adults.

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, you can use an equation after identifying the important information, like that there were 540 people, the cost for a child is $1.25, the cost for an adult is $2.00, and admission fees totaled $822.75:

where c = number of children, and a = number of adults,

c + a = 540

1.25c + 2a = 822.75

Now, you need to solve this system of equations by isolating one of the variables. I'll isolate c by multiplying the first equation by 2 since it's easier:

2c + 2a = 1080

- 1.25c + 2a = 822.75

= .75c = 257.25

Now, you can multiply both sides by 4/3 to find c:

c = 257.25 × 4 ÷ 3

c = 343

So there were 343 children. Now you can find the number of adults by substituting 343 for c in the first equation:

where c + a = 540 and c = 343,

343 + a = 540

a = 197

So, there were 197 adults.