Question

Admission to a museum costs $12 for adults and $7 for children. A group of 35 people attending the museum paid a total of $315 in admission fees. Write a system of equations to represent the situation. Let a represent the number of adult admissions, and let c represent the number of child admissions.

Answer 1

a + c = 35 → (1)

12a + 7c = 315 → (2)

Explanation:

a + c = 35 → (1)

12a + 7c = 315 → (2)

Answer 2

see explanation

Explanation:

a represents adults and c represents children , then the system of equations is

a + c = 35 → (1)

12a + 7c = 315 → (2)