Admission to the zoo is $6 for children and $9 for adults. On a certain day, 1480 people go to the zoo and $10,500 is collected.

How many children and how many adults went to the zoo?

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Admission to the zoo is $6 for children and $9 for adults. On a certain day, 1480 people go to the zoo and $10,500 is collected.

 

How many children and how many adults went to the zoo?

anonymous · Answer

HELP PLEASE

anonymous · Answer

I think children:940
Ithink adult :540

anonymous · Answer

i should make a template for this question
lets cut right to the chase
solve $$9x+6(1480-x)=10500$$ and that will give you the number of adutls

anonymous · Answer

adult is 540 right

anonymous · Answer

which does make the number of children 940 so you got it

mathmate · Answer

This type of problem can often be solved mentally, as follows:
Assume all tickets are for children, that brings in 6(1480)=9000-120=8880.
We're missing 10500-8800=1620 in revenue.
Changing each child to adult brings in $3, so need 1620/3=540 adults, so 1480-540=940 children.

anonymous · Answer

thxs to all closing the question in one min.  and can yall help with one more question