Question

A baseball team has home games on Friday and Saturday. The two games together earn ​$4056.00 for the team. Friday​'s game generates ​$1144.00 less than Saturday​'s game. How much money was taken in at each​ game?

Answer 1

$ 2600 on Friday​'s game and $ 1456 on saturday's game.

Explanation:

Let x be the money ( in dollars) earned on friday and y be the money ( in dollars ) earned on Saturday,

Since, total earning on friday and saturday is $ 4056.00,

⇒ x + y = 4056 -----(1),

Also, Friday's game generates ​$1144.00 less than Saturday's game.

⇒ y - x = 1144 -------(2),

Equation (1) + equation (2),

2y = 5200,

y = 2600

From equation (1),

x + 2600 = 4056

x = 1456

Hence, $ 2600 was taken on Friday​'s game and $ 1456 was taken on saturday's game.