Homework Help: algebra 1

Posted by jessie on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 8:37pm.

429 people attended a play. The admission was $1 for adults and $0.75 for kids. The receipts from the play totaled $372.50. How many adults and how many kids went to the play?

algebra 1 - Steve, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:10am
a+k=429
1.00a + 0.75k = 372.5

429-k + .75k = 372.5
.25k = 56.5
k = 226
so,
a=203

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