SOLUTION: Sean earns $4.50 per hour more than his trainee, Tyrone. During an 8 hour day they earn $284. How much does sean make per hour?
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Question 176172: Sean earns $4.50 per hour more than his trainee, Tyrone. During an 8 hour day they earn $284. How much does sean make per hour?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the wages of sean and tyrone be s and t respectively
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s=t+4.5.....eq 1
8s+8t=284...eq 2
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take s's value from eq 1 and plug it into eq 2
:
8(t+4.5)+8t=284
:
8t+36+8t=284
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16t=248
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$per hour
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$ per hour
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