A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4571.50 for team. Thursdays games generates $68.50 less than Saturday's game. How many was taken in each games? How much did Thursday's game generate?
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t + s = 4571.50
t = s - 68.50
no, Is that the answer t=s-68.50
To solve this problem, we can set up two equations and solve them simultaneously.
Let's assume that the amount generated by Thursday's game is 'x' dollars. According to the given information, Saturday's game generates $68.50 more than Thursday's game. So, the amount generated by Saturday's game can be represented as 'x + $68.50'.
Now, we know that the total amount generated by both games is $4571.50. So, we can express this as an equation:
x + (x + $68.50) = $4571.50
Simplifying the equation, we combine like terms:
2x + $68.50 = $4571.50
Next, we subtract $68.50 from both sides of the equation:
2x = $4571.50 - $68.50
2x = $4503
Finally, we divide both sides of the equation by 2 to solve for 'x':
x = $4503 / 2
x = $2251.50
Therefore, Thursday's game generated $2251.50.
To find out how much Saturday's game generated, we substitute the value of x back into our equation:
Saturday's game = x + $68.50
Saturday's game = $2251.50 + $68.50
Saturday's game = $2320
Therefore, Saturday's game generated $2320.
In conclusion, Thursday's game generated $2251.50, and Saturday's game generated $2320.