Question

the admission fee at an amusement park is $3.50 for children and $7.20 for adults. on a certain day, 344 people entered the park, and the admissions fees collected totaled $1870. How many children and how many adults were admitted

Answer 1

Answer:

180 adults, 164 children

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming all the people admitted are children,

total fees collected

= 344($3.50)

= $1204

Difference in amount collected

= $1870 -$1204

= $666

This difference in amount is due to the extra cost from each adult admission fee that we assumed to be children.

Difference in each admission fee

= $7.20 -$3.50

= $3.70

Number of adults admitted

= $666 ÷$3.70

= 180

Number of children admitted

= 344 -180

= 164