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?
I think
940 children

540 adults

Question

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? 
I think 
940 children

    540 adults

watchmath · Answer

Start with letting x and y to be the number of children and adult respectively and see where this lead to

danjs · Answer

same type of problem, you want 2 equations, one for the money , and one for the people count

danjs · Answer

6 per child ---6*c
9 per adult  ---9*a
total  = 10500 dollars

10500 = 6c + 9a

danjs · Answer

total people = children + adults

1480 = c + a

anonymous · Answer

940 children
540 adult

danjs · Answer

you have the right answer in the question
good job!

anonymous · Answer

yes! I am getting it thxs to Danjs

danjs · Answer

:)

anonymous · Answer

need anymore @1497