Question

A baseball team has home games on wednesday and sunday. the two games together earn ​$4595.50 for the team. wednesday​'s game generates ​$579.50 less than sunday​'s game. how much money was taken in at each​ game?

Answer 1

To find the amount of money taken in at each game, you can write an equation to show the sum of the two games equals $4594.50.

Wednesday: s - 579.50
Sunday: s

s + s - 579.50 = 2s - 579.50

2s - 579.50 = 4595.50; solve the equation
+579.50 +579.50
2s = 5175
2 2
s = $2587.50

On Sunday, they made $2587.50.

On Wednesday, they made $2587.50 - 579.50 or $2008.

Check your work.

2587.50 + 2008 = $4595.50.