SOLUTION: If a group of ten people split $ 9000.00 and 8 of those people get equal amounts and the other two get twice that amount, how much does the 8 people get and how much do the other t

Question 1070107: If a group of ten people split $ 9000.00 and 8 of those people get equal amounts and the other two get twice that amount, how much does the 8 people get and how much do the other two get?
I got the answer by trial and error, $750.00 for each of the 8 and $1500.00 for the other two, but I don't know the formula for solving. Can you help?
Thanks,
Sean
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the amount that each of the 8 people get
= the amount that each of the remaining 2 people get

and

You got the right answers

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