SOLUTION: A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4226.00 for the team. Thursday's game generates $274.00 less than Saturday's game. How much mo

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Question 1004273: A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4226.00 for the team. Thursday's game generates $274.00 less than Saturday's game. How much money was taken in at each game?
How much money did Thursday's game generate?
How much money did Saturday's game generate?
Found 2 solutions by fractalier, stanbon:
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
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Call the money for each game, t and s.
From the facts we have
t + s = 4226
and
t = s - 274
Now substitute this into the first equation...we get
s - 274 + s = 4226
2s - 274 = 4226
2s = 4500
s = $2250
t is $274 less or
t = $1976

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4226.00 for the team. Thursday's game generates $274.00 less than Saturday's game. How much money was taken in at each game?
How much money did Thursday's game generate?
How much money did Saturday's game generate?
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Equations:
t + s = 4226
t = s - 274
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Substitute for "t" and solve for "s":
s-274 + s = 4226
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2s = 4500
s = $2250 (amt. taken in on Saturday)
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t = 4226-2250 = $1976 (amt. taken in on Thursday)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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