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document.write( "A baseball team has home games on Friday
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document.write( "The two games together earn $3268.50
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document.write( "for the team. Friday
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document.write( "game generates $603.50
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document.write( "less than Sunday
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document.write( "game. How much money was taken in at each game? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #853839 by ikleyn(53742) You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "A baseball team has home games on Friday and Sunday \n" ); document.write( "The two games together earn $3268.50 for the team. \n" ); document.write( "Friday's game generates $603.50 less than Sunday's game. \n" ); document.write( "How much money was taken in at each game? \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " The solution in the post by @mananth contains several arithmetic errors that lead to wrong answer.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So, I came to bring a correct accurate solution.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Let Sunday's game generate $ x\r\n" ); document.write( "Friday's game generates x - 603.50 dollars.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The two games generate 3268.50\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " x + (x-603.50) = 3268.50\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 2x - 603.5= 3268.50\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 2x = 3268.50 + 603.50\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 2x = 3872\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " x = 3872/2\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " x = 1936 \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER. Sunday's game generated $1936. Friday's game generated $1936 - $603.50 = $1332.50.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved correctly.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |