Mathematics
How much money was taken in at each game?
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A baseball team has home games on Thursday and Sunday. The games together earn $4051.00 for the team. Thursday's game generates $61.00 less than Sunday's game. How much money was taken in at each game?
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let Thursday game=x and sunday game=y
then
x+y = $4051.00
x=y- $61.00
y- $61.00+y = $4051.00
2y = $4051.00+$61.00
sunday game y=3990.00$
Thursday game x=3929.00$
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