Problema Solution

A youth club held a pancake breakfast to raise money for a trip. Tickets were $4.00 for children and $7.50 for adults. If 274 tickets were sold and the group took in $1747, find the number of adults and the number of children that attended the breakfast.

Answer provided by our tutors

Let

c = number of children

a = number of adults

a + c = 274

7.50a + 4.00c = 1747

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a = 186 adults

c = 88 children

There were 186 adults and 88 children at the breakfast.