An adult ticket at an amusement park costs $29.95 and a child’s ticket costs $21.95. A group of 15 people paid $353.25 to enter the park. How many were children?

Write the equations:

a +c = 15

a = 15-c

29.95a + 21.95c = 353.25

Replace a in the last equation:

29.95(15-c) + 21.95c = 353.25

Simplify:

449.25 - 29.95c + 21.95c = 353.25

449.25 - 8.00c = 353.25

Subtract 449.25 from both sides:

-8.00c = -96.00

Divide both sides by -8.00:

c = -96 / -8

c = 12

There were 12 children.

answer: solve 5\cdot 2^x=2405⋅2  

x

=2405, dot, 2, start superscript, x, end superscript, equals, 240.

solution

to solve for xxx, we must first isolate the exponential part. to do this, divide both sides by 555 as shown below. we do not multiply the 555 and the 222 as this goes against the order of operations!

\begin{aligned} 5\cdot 2^x& =240 2^x& =48 \\ \end{aligned}  

5⋅2  

x

2  

x

​    

=240

=48

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step-by-step explanation: