SOLUTION: 75 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 90 less than 4 times the number of away tea

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Question 920193: 75 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 90 less than 4 times the number of away team fans. Find the number of each team fans.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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x the number of away fans
(4x-90) +x = 75
5x = 165
x = 33,number of away fans. 42 Home fans 4%2A32-90
And...checking
Sum = 75