There are 70 people attending a high school baseball game. The difference between the number of women and men at the game is 18. Let x represent the number of women. Let y represent the number of men.

This system of equations represents this situation:

x+y=70

x-y=18

How many women and men are at the game?

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Romeo Zuniga

Mathematics

21 February, 22:10

There are 70 people attending a high school baseball game. The difference between the number of women and men at the game is 18. Let x represent the number of women. Let y represent the number of men.

This system of equations represents this situation:

x+y=70

x-y=18

How many women and men are at the game?

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Jazmyn · Answer 1

Adding the systems of equations together, we get

2x=88

Dividing both sides by 2, we get x, or the number of women, to be 44.

Plugging that into either equation, we get

44-y=18. Adding y to both sides and subtracting 18, we get y, or the number of men, to be 26.

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