The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. on a certain day, 2,700 people entered the park, and the admission fees that were collected totaled $5,800. how many children and how many adults were admitted?
First, solve the second equation for y y=2700-x Second, take the equasion that was just solved a substitute it in for y in the first equation 5800=1.5x+4(2700-x) diatribute the 4 within the parenthesis 5800=1.5x+10800-4x combine like terms 5800=-2.5x+10800 subtract 10800 -5000=-2.5x divide by -2.5 2000=x
Take the value for x and place it in the second equation(beginning) 2700=x+y 2700=2000+y subtract 2000 700=y
