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Answer:
On that day <u>1500 children</u> and <u>700 adults</u> attended.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
There is a carnival. Children are $1.50 and adults are $4.
The total amount of money raised was $5050.
On this particular day there 2200 in attendance.
Now, to find the children and adults attended on that day.
Let the children attended be .
And the adults attended be .
The total number in attendance:
⇒ ........( 1 ).
Now, the total amount of money raised:
Putting the equation ( 1 ) in the place of we get:
⇒
⇒
⇒
<em>Subtracting both sides by 3300 we get:</em>
⇒
<em>Dividing both sides by 2.50 we get:</em>
⇒
The adults attended = 700.
Now, putting the value of in equation ( 1 ) we get:
⇒
The children attended = 1500.
Therefore, on that day 1500 children and 700 adults attended.