A baseball team has home games on Friday and Saturday. The two games together earn $4056.00 for the team. Friday's game generates $1144.00 less than Saturday's game. How much money was taken in at each game?
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Answer:$ 2600 on Friday's game and $ 1456 on saturday's game.Step-by-step explanation:Let x be the money ( in dollars) earned on friday and y be the money ( in dollars ) earned on Saturday,Since, total earning on friday and saturday is $ 4056.00,⇒ x + y = 4056 -----(1),Also, Friday's game generates $1144.00 less than Saturday's game.⇒ y - x = 1144 -------(2),Equation (1) + equation (2),2y = 5200,y = 2600From equation (1),x + 2600 = 4056x = 1456Hence, $ 2600 was taken on Friday's game and $ 1456 was taken on saturday's game.