Question

how do you set up kids paid $5 and adults paid $8 to go to the carnival 1250 people attended and $7,300 was collected for the night

Answer 1

The system is:

`k + a = 1250 \\ 5k + 8a = 7300`

Explanation:

The question demands that we set up a system of equation, if kids paid $5 and adults paid $8 to go to the carnival 1250 people attended and $7,300 was collected for the night.

Let 'k' represents the number of kids and 'a' the number of adults that attended the carnival.

We we're given that 1250 people attended the carnival;

This implies that:

`a + k = 1250`

if kids paid $5 and adults paid $8 and $7,300 was collected for the night, then

`5k + 8a = 7300`