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10 November, 02:09

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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  1. 10 November, 05:38
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    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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