An amusement park charges $25 per adult ticket and $15 per child ticket. A group of 10 people paid $180 to enter the park. How many adults were in the group? How many children were in the group? Write a system of equations that model the following situation. Define each variables with a “Let” statement, write two equations, and solve completely.
Let =
# of adults
Let =
# of children
Cost:
# of people:
Solve, then complete the following sentence.
In the group, there were
3
adults and
7
children that went to the amusement park.