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Mr. and Mrs. Crazy: Concert Income
Mr. and Mrs. Crazy recently had their concert, and they want to know how much their total income was. After calculating that they earned $95, they figured out that 100 people attended their concert. If each child paid 50 cents, each pensioner paid $2.50, and adults paid $10 each, how many children, pensioners, and adults went to the concert?
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There were 85 children, 13 pensioners, and 2 adults.Hide Answer Show Answer
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I always enjoy these. Thanks.
Why not add a hint to help those who are not sure how to proceed - or some explanation of how to work out the solution?
Why not add a hint to help those who are not sure how to proceed - or some explanation of how to work out the solution?
I do that if the teaser is hard to be solved only by its own. This is not too hard, so I did not add any hints anymore.
You say teaser. I say maybe a thousand variations ago. It imitates what has gone before and doesn't even bother to present some clever embellishment.
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