As of a certain date, there had been a total of 13,395 performances of two shows on Broadway, with 2959 more performances of Show A than Show B. How many performances were there of each show?

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As of a certain​ date, there had been a total of 13,395 performances of two shows on​ Broadway, with 2959 more performances of Show A than Show B. How many performances were there of each​ show?

phi · Answer

if you let a be the number of Show A and "b" be the number of Show B
what does a+ b add up to ?

phi · Answer

any idea ?

c.a.007 · Answer

wouldn't the formula be something like, 
a+2959 + b = 13359

c.a.007 · Answer

my bad, a2959 + b = 13359

phi · Answer

when reading problems , it sometimes helps to use a simpler version.
say   the total number of shows was 3
you have "a"  number of A, and "b" number of B
if you add up the numbers you get 3:
a+b= 3

but in your case, you have
a total of 13,395 

can you try again ?