Problema Solution
a baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earned $4913.00 for the team. Thursday game generated $87.00 less then Saturdays game. how much was taken in at each game?
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let
t = the money made on Thursday
s = the money made on Saturday
The two games together earned $4913.00 for the team:
t + s = 4913
Thursday game generated $87.00 less then Saturdays game:
t = s - 87
by solving the system of equations
t + s = 4913
t = s - 87
we find
t = $2,413
s = $2,500
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$2,413 were taken on Thursday game.
$2,500 were taken on Saturday game.