Question

There were twelve times more children than adults at the matinee performance of

the school play. There were 455 people at the play. How many adults and
children were there?
(Show work pls)

Answer 1

Call the number of children and adults, c and a.

Then we have

c = 12a and

c + a = 455

Substituting we have

12a + a = 455

13a = 455

a = 35 adults

c = 12(35) = 420 kids

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