SOLUTION: Use two equations in two variables to solve the application. The salaries of the President and Vice President of a certain country total $562,600 a year. If the President makes

Question 1130657: Use two equations in two variables to solve the application.
The salaries of the President and Vice President of a certain country total $562,600 a year. If the President makes $237,400 more than the Vice President, find each of their salaries.
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The salaries of the President and Vice President of a certain country total $562,600 a year. If the President makes $237,400 more than the Vice President, find each of their salaries.

let Vice President get $x
The salary of the President $y
y-x= 237400
x+y = 562600
Addn the equations
we get
2y =800000
y = 400 000
The salary of the President $ 400,000

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