Problema Solution

The zoo charges $7 for each adult admission and $5 for each child. The total bill for the 244 people from a school trip was $1312. How many adults and how many children went to the zoo?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let assume adult is x and child is y…

Then x+y=244   and 7x+5y=1312

Solving these eq….x=46 and y=198…

So adult is 46 nd child is 198