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A total of 1000 passengers rode a bus during the morning rush hour. A child’s fare is $0.25 and the adult fare is $0.75. The total revenue from the fares during the morning rush hour was $650. How many children and how many adults rode the bus?

For the opening night of an opera house, a total of 1000 tickets were sold. Front orchestra seats cost $80 each, rear orchestra seats cost $60 each, and front balcony seats cost $50 each. The combined number of tickets sold for the front orchestra and rea...

Stacey has a $8,000 balance on her credit card that has an interest rate of 21%, compounded monthly. (a) If she decides to pay it off over 5 years with equal monthly payments, how much should each payment be? (b) How much interest will Stacey pay to the c...

The Richter scale measures earthquakes using the formula M = 2/3log(E/10^(4.4)) where M is the magnitude of the earthquake that releases E joules of energy. (a) Find the magnitude of an earthquake that releases 1013.4 joules of energy. (b) Find how much e...

Find the equation of the line parallel to the line 2x +3y = -18 that passes through the point (2, -3) in the slope-intercept form.