Question

a baseball team has home games on friday and sunday. the two games together earned $3085.50 for the team. fridays game generates $290.50 less than sundays game. how much money was taken in at each game ?

Answer 1

F + s = 3085.50
f = s - 290.50

(s - 290.50) + s = 3085.50
2s - 290.50 = 3085.50
2s = 3085.50 + 290.50
2s = 3376
s = 3376/2
s = 1688 <== sunday's game

f = s - 290.5
f = 1688 - 290.5
f = 1397.50 <== friday's game