document.write( "Question 906345: 80 people attended a baseball game. Everyone there was a fan of either the home team or the away team. The number of home team fans was 68 less than 3 times the number of away team fans.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #549818 by AlgebraLady88(44)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let's designate the away team as AT \n" ); document.write( "The home team will be 3AT - 68 \n" ); document.write( "Both will add up to 80 as that was the number of people who attended the baseball game.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "AT + ( 3AT -68) = 80 \n" ); document.write( "AT + 3 AT - 68 = 80 \n" ); document.write( "4 AT - 68 = 80 \n" ); document.write( "4 AT = 80 + 68 \n" ); document.write( "4 AT = 148 \n" ); document.write( "AT = 37\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "HT = 3 AT - 68 \n" ); document.write( " = 3( 37) - 68 \n" ); document.write( " = 111 - 68 \n" ); document.write( " = 43\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, the away team had 37 fans and the home team had 43 fans \n" ); document.write( " |