Answer: There are 142 people at morning service and 124 people at evening service.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we have given that
Total attendance for Sunday's services = 266
Let the number of people at morning service be 'x'.
Let the number of people at evening service be 'y'.
So, our equation becomes
[tex]x+y=266-----------------(1)[/tex]
According to question, If there were 18 more people at the
morning service than people at the evening service.
Then, it becomes,
[tex]x-y=18----------------(2)\\\implies x=18+y[/tex]
So, we put the above equation in eq(1), we get
[tex]x+y=266\\\\y+18+y=266\\\\2y=266-18\\\\2y=248\\\\y=\dfrac{248}{2}\\\\y=124[/tex]
and x = 18+124=142
Hence, there are 142 people at morning service and 124 people at evening service.