Question

214 people used a public swimming pool. $1.50 for kids and $2.25 for adults. The receipt totaled to $390 How many children and how many adults went the the public pool that day?

Answer 1

Answer:the number of kids that used the public pool that day is 122

the number of adults that used the public pool that day is 92

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of kids that used the public pool that day.

Let y represent the number of adults that used the public pool that day.

214 people used a public swimming pool. This means that

x + y = 214

1.50 for kids and $2.25 for adults. The receipt totaled to $390. This means that

1.5x + 2.25y = 390 - - - - - - - - - -1

Substituting x = 214 - y into equation 1, it becomes

1.5x

1.5(214 - y) + 2.25y = 390

321 - 1.5y + 2.25y = 390

- 1.5y + 2.25y = 390 - 321

0.75y = 69

y = 69/0.75 = 92

Substituting y = 92 into x = 214 - y, it becomes

x = 214 - 92 = 122