Prompt: Solve it now using a system of equations: The admission fee at a small

fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter
the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults
attended?

Children = x
Adults = y
2,200 = People
Adult $: $4.00
Children $: $1.50
Toal $: $5,050

x + y = 2,200

1.50x + 4.00y = 5050

________________________

x = 2,200 - y

1.5(2,200 - y) + 4y = 5050

3,300 - 1.5y + 4y = 5050

__________________________

3,300 +2.5y = 5050

-3,300 = -3300

2.5y = 1750
Divide both sides by 2.5

y = 700

700 Adults = $2,800

5050 - 2800 = 2250

1500 Children & 700 Adults