Neighborhood Club -- An Easy Logic Problem
A neighborhood after-school club for children decided to clean up their streets. A local recycling center agreed to pay the children for the trash they collected each day. The children were grouped into five teams, designated by different colors. Each team was assigned one afternoon of the school week to gather trash.
From the information provided, determine the "color" of each team, the amount of earnings each team contributed to the club, and the afternoon each team worked.
- The earnings brought in on Tuesday, when added to Monday's earnings, totaled $7.00.
- The orange team brought their earnings of $2.69 in two days after the team that earned $4.84.
- The blue team earned $1.75 less than the yellow team, and the red team earned the most.
- Thursday and Friday earnings added together totaled $6.60.
- The total amount earned by all the teams combined for the week was $16.74.
- The green team's earnings, when added to the Friday earnings, equals $7.05.
- One team's earnings was $2.16, which was the smallest amount brought in by any of the teams.
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