SOLUTION: The mean attendance at the folk festival for 2006 and 2008 was 45265. The attendance in 2008 was 120 more than the attendance in 2006. What was the attendance in each year

Algebra ->  Coordinate Systems and Linear Equations  -> Linear Equations and Systems Word Problems -> SOLUTION: The mean attendance at the folk festival for 2006 and 2008 was 45265. The attendance in 2008 was 120 more than the attendance in 2006. What was the attendance in each year      Log On


   

Question 770552: The mean attendance at the folk festival for 2006 and 2008 was 45265. The attendance in 2008 was 120 more than the attendance in 2006. What was the attendance in each year
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


If the mean for 2 years was some number, then the sum of the attendances for the two years was 2 times the mean, so if you let represent the attendance in 2006, you can say:



Solve for . Then calculate

John

Egw to Beta kai to Sigma
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
The Out Campaign: Scarlet Letter of Atheism