Anybody know how to do this?

At an all-you-can-eat barbecue fundraiser that you are sponsoring, adults pay 6$ for a dinner and children pay 4$ for a dinner. 212 people attend and raise 1128$. What is the total number of adults and the total number of children attending. (using systems of equations.
a. what is a system of equations that you can solve this problem?

b.what method would you use and why?

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Anybody know how to do this?


At an all-you-can-eat barbecue fundraiser that you are sponsoring, adults pay 6$ for a dinner and children pay 4$ for a dinner. 212 people attend and raise 1128$. What is the total number of adults and the total number of children attending. (using systems of equations. 
a. what is a system of equations that you can solve this problem?

b.what method would you use and why?

mathmale · Answer

Choose variables (such as a and d) to represent the number of adults and the number of children attending the dinner.   

set up relationships based upon these variables.  How many people, total, including adults and children, attend the dinner?  Write your equation here.

mathmale · Answer

If "a" adults pay $65 each for dinner, what will the total revenue be (expressed algebraically, not with numbers)?

anonymous · Answer

would it be 6x + 4y = 1128 and x + y = 212? @mathmale