SOLUTION: A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4404.00 for the team. Thursday's game generates $376.00 less than Saturday's game. How much mo
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Question 1005379: A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4404.00 for the team. Thursday's game generates $376.00 less than Saturday's game. How much money was taken in at each game? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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T = amount on Thursday; S = amount on Saturday = T+$376
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T+S=$4404
T+(T+$376)=$4404
2T=$4028
T=$2014
ANSWER 1: The Thursday game took in $2014.
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S=T+$376
S=$2014+$376
S=$2390
ANSWER 2: The Saturday game took in $2390.
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CHECK:
S+T=$4404
$2390+$2014=$4404
$4404=$4404
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