Question

Admission to the museum is $12 for children and $15 for adults. On a certain day, 2450 people go to the museum and $33,456 is collected.

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

____children
____adults

Answer 1

@Directrix

Answer 2

Assignment of variables:

x represents children
y represents adults

Answer 3

i might know it

Answer 4

x + y = ?

Answer 5

can i tell you what i think?

Answer 6

nvm

Answer 7

I don't know the answer so you can tell me but we still will need to work this problem.

I have worked this problem at least 10 times before but do not have the answers in memory.

Answer 8

x + y = ?

Answer 9

ok so x+y=2450

Answer 10

Each child ticket is worth how much money?

Answer 11

$12 for children

Answer 12

$15 for adults

Answer 13

btw my computer is acting dumb so.....yea

Answer 14

Child revenue is 12x

Adult revenue is ?

Answer 15

15y

Answer 16

The sum of child revenue and adult revenue is what?

Answer 17

you mean 12+15?

Answer 18

>>btw my computer is acting dumb so.....yea

So is mine but it's not the computer. It is this site.

Answer 19

oh ok lol

Answer 20

do you want me to add 12+15?

Answer 21

No.

Answer 22

multply them? divde them?

Answer 23

So, the sum of these two is what?

Answer 24

Child revenue is 12x
Adult revenue is 15y
This is algebra.
We use variables.
Algebra is the science of finding x.

12x + 15y = ?

Answer 25

Look at the problem. How much money was taken in that day at the museum?

Answer 26

$33,546

Answer 27

$33,456

Answer 28

x + y = 2450

12x + 15y = 33456

Take it to the wolf for solution.

Answer 29

ok

Answer 30

x represents children
y represents adults

so don't put the children number in the adult slot and vice versa

Answer 31

Did you lose the wolf? http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Answer 32

i got something weird

Answer 33

i don't get it

Answer 34

1098 = Children

1352 = Adults

Answer 35

Post the two equations you entered in the same way you entered them.

Answer 36

who is that?

Answer 37

1098 = Children 1352 = Adults is what I got.

Did you use the Wolf or cherry-pick from the options?

Answer 38

what is cherry pick?

Answer 39

____children ____adults

Don't put the children number in the adult slot. Focus.

Answer 40

can you send me the link plz

Answer 41

>>what is cherry pick?

Google it up. Time to increase vocab.

Answer 42

>>can you send me the link plz

link for what?

Answer 43

i used wolf

Answer 44

Close, post, and move on.