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PLEASE HELP I believe you have to use substitution or elimination to solve the problem.In 2012 and in 2013, US airlines collected a total of $6.84 million in baggage fees, with the baggage fees in 2012 exceeding those in 2013 by $0.14 million. Find the amount collected in the baggage fees in 2012 and in 2013.

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Answer:Amount collected in 2012 = 3.49 and in 2013 = 3.35Explanation:Let x be the baggage fees collected in 2013 and y be the baggage fees collected by airlines in 2012From the given question we can obtain two equations as follows:x + y = 6.84 $   - eq 1and y = 0.14 + x as fees in 2012 exceeds that in 2013 by 0.14$Now, solving these two equations by substitution, we substitute  y = 0.14 + x in eq 1 and solve for x, which gives us x = 3.35 and substituting this value in eq 1 we get y = 3.49