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A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Sunday. The two games together earn $4395.50 for the team. Thursday's game generates $411.50 less than Sunday's game. How much money was taken in each game?

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A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Sunday. The two games together earn $4395.50 for the team. Thursday's game generates $411.50 less than Sunday's game. How much money was taken in each game?

Let S, T be the earmings on Saturday, Tuesday.

S+T=4395.5.

T=S-411.5.

S+S-411.5=4395.5

2S=4395.5+411.5

2S=4807.

S=4807/2

=2403.5

T=2403.5-411.5

=$1992