Adult admission is $11.50 & child is $4.75. In 1 day a total of 2400 adults & children admissions were collected, and $18,150 in admission fees was collected. How many adult admissions were collected?

Answer 1

You can start with the 2 variables:

Let A=the amount of Adult admissions and C=the amount of Children admissions.

A = Adults

C = Children

Now if you can form 2 equations, each with both of these variables this is called a system of equations and you can use the equations together to solve for A or C or both.

A + C = 2400

11.50A + 4.75C = 18,150

I would recommend using substitution to solve for A.