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A baseball team has home games on Wednesday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4920.00 for the team. Wednesday's game generates $880.00 less than Saturday's game. How much money did Wednesday's game generate?

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Answer:

Wednesday's game generated $2020

Explanations:

Let the amount generated by Wednesday's game be x

Let the amount generated by Saturday's game be y

The two games together earn $4920 for the team. That is,

x + y = 4920....................(1)

Wednesday's game generates $880 less than Saturday's game

x = y - 880.................(2)

Make y the subject of the formula in equation (2)

y = x + 880..................(3)

Substitute equation (3) into equation (2)

x + x + 880 = 4920

x + x = 4920 - 880

2x = 4040

Divide both sides by 2

2x/2 = 4040/2

x = 2020

Wednesday's game generated $2020

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