Circus Math

It's time for this week's puzzler! Now this one is mathematical.

I'll try to state it as succinctly as Mildred Stanger did. She's the one who submitted this puzzle.

Okay, here we are. 100 people attend a circus. The total admissions come to exactly $100.

Got that? 100 people altogether paid $100. Right now if they paid a buck apiece, that would be approximately 100 people for $100.

But, that would be too easy. Right? The admission charges are thus:

Oh and get a pencil now because you may not remember the details of this puzzler and a lot is at stake here. You might want to write this down.

The charges are $5 per man, $2 per woman, and 10 cents per child. That's one thin dime for any kid.

What was the number of men, women, and children who attended?

Now, this may sound simple, but you will soon find out that you have written down three equations and you have three unknowns.

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Etymology Puzzler

The Puzzler has returned! Now, this was sent to us. And we're not going to give the name of the person who sent in the puzzler just yet. Why? Because all their friends will try to call them up and try to get the answer! So we'll tell you next week!

Okay, here we go. Yeah. So the submitter says, "Everybody listening to Car Talk knows all about jalopies" (I.e. broken down cars with too many miles and like 63 Dodge Dartres.) "But what is a jalopy and why is it called a jalopy?"

Just a humble little question. In other words, what is the derivation of that expression "jalopy"?