how much money

Question

A baseball team has home games on Wednesday and Sunday. The two games together earn $4462.50.for the team. Wednesday's game generates $862.50
less than Sunday’s game. How much money was taken in at each game?

How much money did Wednesday's game generate?

How much money did Sunday’s game generate? 

Answer 1

this is a 2 equations in 2 unknowns problem

let's assume Sunday's game revenue is S and Wednesday's game revenue is W

equation 1

S + W = 4462.50

equation 2

S - W = 862.50

 

add the 2 equation and you will get

2S = 5325

S = $2,662.50

from equation 1, W = 4462.50 - S

W = $1,800.00