SOLUTION: Your weekly paycheck is 25 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 850. Find the amount of each paycheck.
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Question 993901: Your weekly paycheck is 25 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 850. Find the amount of each paycheck.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call your coworker's pay x. Your pay is 25% less or .75x. Thus
x + .75x = 850
1.75x = 850
x = 850/1.75 = $485.71
.75x = $364.29
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