Question

A restaurant catered a party for 45 people. A child’s dinner (c) cost $15 and an adult’s dinner (a) cost $25. The total cost of the dinner was $1,015. How many children and adults were at the party? Use the table to guess and check.

Number of People
a
c
c + a = 45
15 c + 25 a = 1,015 dollars




9 adults and 36 children
10 adults and 35 children
34 adults and 11 children
36 adults and 9 children

Answer 1

34 and 11

Explanation:

Answer 2

34 adults and 11 children

Explanation:

15 times 11 is 165dollars for kids

25 times 34 adults equals 850 dollars

add it and its 1015