A group of 52 people attendance ball game. There are three times as many children as adults in the group. Write a system of equations that you can use to solve this problem where a is the number amd C is the number of children in the group. How many children are in the group

Answer 1

c = 3 a

c + a = 52

substitute 3 a for c and solve for a, then c using c = 3 a

Answer 2

5=7