SOLUTION: A magazine earned $ 68 million in 1998 from advertising revenue and subscriptions. If the advertising revenue was 6 times the subscription revenue, how much did the magazine earn

Question 352048: A magazine earned $ 68 million in 1998 from advertising revenue and
subscriptions. If the advertising revenue was 6 times the subscription revenue, how much did the magazine earn from advertising?
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, nyc_function:
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+6X=68,000,000
7X=68,000,000
X=68,000,000/7
X=$9,714,285.70 SUBSCRIPTION REVENUE.
6*9,714,285.70~58,285,715.30. ADVERTISING REVENUE.
PROOF:
9,714,285.70+58,285,715.30=68,000,000
68,000,000=68,000,000

Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Define some variables.
Let a represent the revenue due to advertising.

Let s represent the revenue due to subscription.

You are told that together, they amount to 68 million.

So, a + s = 68

Then, you are told that advertising was 6 times bigger than subscription.

a = 6s

You get two equations with two unknowns. Solve for a, the earning from magazine.

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