Question

at a local zoo, adult visitors pay $3 and children visitors pay $1. on one day, the zoo collected a total of $720. if the zoo had 420 visitors tgat day, how many adults and how many children visited?

Answer 1

150 adults, 270 kids.

Explanation:

We can make a set of equations with the given information:

Adult=X

Kids=Y

3x+1y=720

x=y=420

420-X=Y

3x+420-x=720

2x+420=720 720-420=300

300/2=150

X=150, there were 150 adult visitors which means there are 270 children