At a fair it cost children $1.50 to get in and $4.00 for adults the fair made a totally of $5050 and there was 2200 people in the fair

Question

At a fair it cost children $1.50 to get in and $4.00 for adults the fair made a totally of $5050 and there was 2200 people in the fair

Answer 1

Jake,

 

 

Let there be x children in the fair

Number of adults = (2200-x); since total is 2200

 

Cost for x children is $1.50*x

Cost for (2200-x) adults is (2200-x)*$4

 

Total cost = 1.5x + (2200-x)*4 = 5050

-2.5x + 8800 = 5050

x = 1500

 

So 1500 kids and (2200-1500) = 700 adults