SOLUTION: Joe, jack, and john work together. if Joe earns twice as much as john, and jack earns three times as much as Joe, how much does each earn if in one day they earned a total of $360?
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Question 985975: Joe, jack, and john work together. if Joe earns twice as much as john, and jack earns three times as much as Joe, how much does each earn if in one day they earned a total of $360?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent John's daily wage, then 
must represent Joe's daily wage, and \ =\ 6x)
must represent Jack's daily wage. Since the total of all three daily wages is $360, then the following statement must be true:
Solve for , then calculate and 
. By the way John and Jack are probably insulted that you didn't have the courtesy to capitalize their names.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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