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JohnnyF | 14:11 Wed 02nd Jan 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Hi, I need some help with this quiz question:

500 people turned up to the local fete. The event raised �3,000. Tickets were priced as follows:

�7.48 men
�7.12 women
�0.45 children

How many children were there?
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149 adults = �1114.52
259 OAPs = �1844.08
92 Kids = �41.40

(Not my answer, by the way - answered on this site by Rollo a little while ago).
3 unknowns, only 2 equations. Can't solve algebraicly. Sure there isn't something else on the llines of "three times as many children as women"?
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That's great Catron, thanks a bunch :)
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