"Wednesday and Sundays game brought in $5040. Wednesdays game made $1360 less than Sundays game. How much money did Wednesdays game make?"

Question

"Wednesday and Sundays game brought in $5040. Wednesdays game made $1360 less than Sundays game. How much money did Wednesdays game make?"

Answer 1

We are given that Wednesday sales + Sunday sales = $5,040

 

Furthermore, Sunday's sales = Wednesday sales + $1,360

 

Let x = Wednesday sales; so, x + $1360 = Sunday sales

 

our equation becomes x + (x + $1360) = $5040, which becomes 2x + $1360 = $5040

 

combining terms, we get 2x = $3680, and x = $1840

 

So, Wednesday sales = $1840, and Sunday sales = $1840 + 1360 = $3200

 

We see that $1840 + $3200 = $5040