SOLUTION: If a baseball pitcher gets 8 times the money that a shortstop does and the total salaries combined is 9 million how much does each person get?

SOLUTION: If a baseball pitcher gets 8 times the money that a shortstop does and the total salaries combined is 9 million how much does each person get?

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Question 951841: If a baseball pitcher gets 8 times the money that a shortstop does and the total salaries combined is 9 million how much does each person get?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s=shortstop's pay; p=pitcher's pay=8s
s+p=9000000 Substitute for p.
s+8s=9000000
9s=9000000
s=1000000 ANSWER 1: The shortstop gets 1 million.
p=8s=8(1000000)=8000000 ANSWER 2: The pitcher gets 8 million.
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