Seventeen members of Troy's family are going to an amusement park during the week of their family reunion. Adult tickets cost $39.50 each and child tickets cost $31 each. If the total cost for admission to the part is $578, how many adults went to the park?

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Sutton

12 May, 00:42

Seventeen members of Troy's family are going to an amusement park during the week of their family reunion. Adult tickets cost $39.50 each and child tickets cost $31 each. If the total cost for admission to the part is $578, how many adults went to the park?

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Carolyn · Answer 1

6 adults - 6*39.50 = 237

11 kids. - 11*31 = 341

341 + 237 = 578

Emanuel Farmer · Answer 2

Hello,

So the equation is 39.50x + 31y = 578

So first x has to be number of children and y be number of adults so; x+y = 17 31x + 39.50y = 578 x=11, y=6.

The answer is Y=6.