SOLUTION: If 6 boys and 15 men together earn $7,128 a week and if each man earns 4 times as much as each boy, how much does each boy earn a week?

Question 706096: If 6 boys and 15 men together earn $7,128 a week and if each man earns 4 times as much as each boy, how much does each boy earn a week?
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If 6 boys and 15 men together earn $7,128 a week and if each man earns 4 times as much as each boy, how much does each boy earn a week?
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let x=amt each boy earns a week
4x=amt each man earns a week
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6x+15*4x=7128
6x+60x=1728
66x=1728
x=108
amt each boy earns a week=$108
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