This years festival brought 80 more than twice the number of customers to HH Fortmann & Co restaurant than last years festival. How many customers came to the restaurant this year if the number of

Question

customers totaled 845 from both festivals?

Answer 1

x + y = 845

x = 2y+80

2y+80 + y = 845

3y = 765

y = 765/3 = 255 customers at last year's festival

x = 845-255 = 590 this year