SOLUTION: The mean attendance at the folk festival for 2006 and 2008 was 45265. The attendance in 2008 was 120 more than the attendance in 2006. What was the attendance in each year

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Question 770552: The mean attendance at the folk festival for 2006 and 2008 was 45265. The attendance in 2008 was 120 more than the attendance in 2006. What was the attendance in each year
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


If the mean for 2 years was some number, then the sum of the attendances for the two years was 2 times the mean, so if you let represent the attendance in 2006, you can say:



Solve for . Then calculate

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