Abaseball team has home games on wednesday and sunday. the two games together earn $4595.50 for the team. wednesday's game generates $579.50 less than sunday's game. how much money was taken in at each game?

To find the amount of money taken in at each game, you can write an equation to show the sum of the two games equals $4594.50.

Wednesday:  s - 579.50
Sunday:       s

s + s - 579.50 = 2s - 579.50

2s - 579.50 = 4595.50; solve the equation
     +579.50   +579.50
2s = 5175
2        2
s = $2587.50

On Sunday, they made $2587.50.

On Wednesday, they made $2587.50 - 579.50 or $2008.

Check your work.

2587.50 + 2008 = $4595.50.