SOLUTION: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band generated top revenue on the concert circuit in 2003. Springsteen and second-place Celine Dion together took in $196.4 million from ticket s
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Question 101867This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band generated top revenue on the concert circuit in 2003. Springsteen and second-place Celine Dion together took in $196.4 million from ticket sales. If Celine Dion took $35.4 million less than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, how much revenue did each generate? This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Lets call Springsteen's revenue x
ok so Springsteen's revenue = x
We are told that Celine took $35.4 million less than Bruce Springsteen.
So if Springsteen's revenue = x then, Celine's revenue = x - 35.4
We are also told that toether they took in $196.4 million.
So Springsteen's revenue plus Celine's revenue equals $196.4 million
Now write an equation and solve for x
x + x - 35.4 = 196.4
combine like term
2x - 35.4 = 196.4
add 35.4 to each side
2x - 35.4 + 35.4 = 196.4 + 35.4
2x = 231.8
divide both sides by 2
2x/2 = 231.8/2
x = 115.9 Answer: Springsteen took in $115.9 million
now use that to find Celine's revenue
Celine's revenue = x - 35.4
Celine's revenue = 115.9 - 35.4
Celine's revenue = 80.5 Answer: Celine took in $80.5 million
Check answers:
Their combined revenue should equal $196.4 million
115.9 + 80.5 = 196.4
196.4 = 196.4
