The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. on a certain day, $5,050 is collected. if 1,000 adults attended the fair, write and solve a linear equation to find the number of children that attended

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: solve one of the equations for one of the variables. let's solve the first equation for y:

step 2: substitute that equation into the other equation, and solve for x.

step 3: substitute x = 4 x = 4 x=4 into one of the original equations, and solve for y.