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