SOLUTION: Maya and Kavitha each were paid m dollars in advance to do a certain job together.Maya worked on a job for 20 hrs and Kavitha worked 4hrs less than Maya. If Kavitha gave Maya n dol

Question 562378: Maya and Kavitha each were paid m dollars in advance to do a certain job together.Maya worked on a job for 20 hrs and Kavitha worked 4hrs less than Maya. If Kavitha gave Maya n dollars of payment so that they would recieve the same hourly wage,what was the dollar amount in terms of n that Maya was paid in advance
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Maya and Kavitha each were paid m dollars in advance to do a certain job together.
Maya worked on a job for 20 hrs and Kavitha worked 4hrs less than Maya.
If Kavitha gave Maya n dollars of payment so that they would receive the same hourly wage, what was the dollar amount in terms of n that Maya was paid in advance
:
= M's hourly wage
= K's hourly wage
:
Understand that K gives M n dollars to equalize the hourly wage, therefore
=
Cross multiply
20(m-n) = 16(m+n)
20m - 20n = 16m + 16n
20m - 16m = 16n + 20n
4m = 36n
Divide both sides by 4
m = 9n dollars paid each in advance

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