Question

The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, $5,050 is collected. If 1,000 adults attended the fair, write and solve a linear equation to find the number of children that attended

Answer 1

c=children
a=adult
total amount=1.5c+4a
5050=1.5c+4*1000
1.5c=1050
c=700 childrens