document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=628016>Question 628016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> so i can't solve this one, can anyone help?: The attendance at the Saturday night baseball game was three times the attendance at Saturday's game. In all, 56,000 fans attend the games. How many fans were in each game? if someone could also explain to me how its done, that'd be great!:D </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let D = number who attended the day game and N = number who attended the night game\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"The attendance at the Saturday night baseball game was three times the attendance at Saturday's (daytime) game\" this means that \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N = 3D\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, \"In all, 56,000 fans attend the games\", which tells us that\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N + D = 56000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N + D = 56000 ... Start with the second equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3D + D = 56000 ... Plug in N = 3D \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, we replace N with 3D\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve for D\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3D + D = 56000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4D = 56000 ... Combine like terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D = 56000/4 ... Divide both sides by 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D = <font color=\"red\">14000</font> ... Divide\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <font color=\"red\">14000</font> people attended the game during the day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we know that D = 14000, we can use this to find N\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N = 3D\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N = 3(14000)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N = <font color=\"red\">42000</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <font color=\"red\">42000</font> people went to the night game.\r<BR>\n" );
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