The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults attended?
@e.mccormick @Nnesha
This one im stuck on =(

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The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults attended?
@e.mccormick @Nnesha 
This one im stuck on =(

nnesha · Answer

x represent children 
and y represent adults
children = x 
adults = y

sammixboo · Answer

1.50x + 4y = 5050
and
x + y = 2200

pooja195 · Answer

Thanks for the equations xD thats the part i needed help setting up

nnesha · Answer

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all money tgther in one equation 
and for total number of children and adults x + y = total number of people