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The Kesling Middle School PTA is planning a carnival to raise money for the school’s art department. They estimate that the event will be very popular and that they will have 500 people attend. They plan to charge adults $10 and children $5 for admission. The PTA wants to earn $3,500 from admission charges. How many adults and how many children need to attend for the PTA to reach their goal of $3,500?(1 point)
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
200 adults; 300 children

Work: Let a = adults. a + c = 500 and 10a + 5c = 3500. Substituting c = 500 − a gives 10a + 5(500 − a) = 3500 → 5a = 1000 → a = 200, so c = 300.