7. A catering company is setting up tables for a wedding with 262 guests. When they set up the tables they need 2 forks for each child and 5 forks for each adult. The company ordered 1184 forks.Set up and solve a system of equations to find the number of adults and children at the wedding

7. A catering company is setting up tables for a wedding with 262 guests. When they set up the tables they need 2 forks for each child and 5 forks for each adult. The company ordered 1184 forks.Set up and solve a system of equations to find the number of adults and children at the wedding

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they set up the tables they need 2 forks for each child and 5 forks for each
adult. The company ordered 1184 forks.Set up and solve a system of equations
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