Question

A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn ​$4349.50 for the team. Thursday​'s game generates ​$229.50 less than Saturday​'s game. How much money was taken in at each​ game?

Answer 1

Answer: $2060 was taken in at Thursday's game and $2289.50 was taken in at Saturday's game.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the answer, create two equations from the given information and solve them simultaneously. In simple terms, the money taken in at Thursday's game was the money taken in at Saturday's game minus $229.50

Let the money generated from Thursday's game be x.

Let the money generated from Saturday's game be y.

x+y = $4349.50 ... equation 1

x = y-$229.50 ... equation 2

Substituting equation 2 into equation 1 you get:

y-$229.50+y = $4349.50

2y = $4579

y = $2289.50

Therefore x = $2289.50-$229.50 = $2060