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The admission fee at an amusement park is 1.5 dollars for children and 4 dollars for adults. On a certain day, 350 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled 1000 dollars. How many children and how many adults were admitted?

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Answer: 160 children and 190 adults were admitted.

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of children that were admitted on that day.

Let y represent the number of adults that were admitted on that day.

On a certain day, 350 people entered the park. It means that

x + y = 350

The admission fee at an amusement park is 1.5 dollars for children and 4 dollars for adults. The admission fees collected on that day totaled 1000 dollars. It means that

1.5x + 4y = 1000- - - - - - - - - - -1

Substituting x = 350 - y into equation 1, it becomes

1.5(350 - y) + 4y = 1000

525 - 1.5y + 4y = 1000

- 1.5y + 4y = 1000 - 525

2.5y = 475

y = 475/2.5

y = 190

x = 350 - y = 350 - 190

x = 160

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