One morning at a zoo, there were 165 adults and children who paid to enter. The zoo collected $1,440 from admission fees. The price of admission is $10 for an adult and $7 for a child. How many children were admitted to the zoo?

number of children admitted to the zoo=70

for this case we have by definition, if two lines are perpendicular, then the product of their slopes is -1.

then, given the following line:

so,

we are looking for m_ {2}:

then, the line is given by:

we find "b" replacing the given point:

finally, the equation is:

option c

using pemdas, (order of operations) you'll see the answer is 24.