The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.50 for children and $4 for adults. On a certain day, 32

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The admission fee at an amusement park is $1.50 for children and $4 for adults. On a certain day, 327 people entered the park , and the admission fee collected totaled 978.00 dollars . How many children and how many adults were admitted?

Let the number of children's tickets be c. Let the number of adult tickets be a. We're given two equations:

1. a + c = 327
2. 4a + 1.50c = 978

We can solve this system of equation 3 ways:

• Substitution Method
• Elimination Method
• Cramer's Rule

No matter which method we choose, we get the same answers:

• a = 195
• c = 132