SOLUTION: A total of $80,000 is going to be split between George and Scott, woth George receiving $2000 less than Scott. How much will each get ?

Question 970112: A total of $80,000 is going to be split between George and Scott, woth George receiving $2000 less than Scott. How much will each get ?
Answer by agarcia(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total=80,000
George=x-2000 because he is getting 2,000 less than Scott.
Scott=x because we don't know how much he's getting.
"less than, greater than, stick it at the end"

SO, Scott + George = Total
Plug in the information given:
x+(x-2000)=80000
Combine like terms:
2x-2000=80000
Add 2000 in order to get the variable on one side
2x=82000
Dived by 2 to find 'x'
x=41,000
Your answer is how much Scott is getting, so in order to find out how much George is getting we plug it back in to George: x-2000
41000-2000=39,000
Therefore, George is getting $39,000 and Scott is getting $41,000.

*In order to check if its correct add the two and if it adds up to $80,000, then its right.
41,000+39,000=80,000 (correct).
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