Question

17. A group of 36 people attended a ball game. There were twice as many children as adults in the group. Set up a

system of equations that represents the numbers of adults and children who attended the game and solve the
system to find the number of adults and the number of children who were in the group.

Answer 1

Answer:A=12 C=24

Explanation:

there are 3 shares[2x and theunknown]

36=3shares so 1 share=36divided by3=12

ad=12

ch=12x2=24

12+24=36

Answer 2

36 = 2x + y

x = y

x = 12

y = 12

Explanation: