document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=355285>Question 355285</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 2006, the median weekly earnings for male postal service mail carriers in the United<BR>\n" );
document.write( "States was $126 more than the median weekly earnings for female mail postal service<BR>\n" );
document.write( "carriers. The median weekly earnings for female postal service mail carriers was 0.86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "times that of their male counterparts. Also in 2006, the median weekly earnings for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "female lawyers in the United States was $540 less than the median weekly earnings for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "male lawyers. The median weekly earnings of male lawyers was 1.4 times that of their<BR>\n" );
document.write( "female counterparts\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the median weekly earnings for female postal service mail carriers in the United<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Find the median weekly earnings for female lawyers in the United States in 2006.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) Of the four groups of workers described in the problem, which group makes the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "greatest weekly earnings? Which group make the least weekly earnings? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #253799 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><B>jrfrunner(365)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jrfrunner><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jrfrunner><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=253799\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let m=median male postal salary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let f=median female postal salary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let M=median male lawyer salary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let F=median female lawyer salary<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Postal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=f+126<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f=0.86m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the median weekly earnings for female postal service mail carriers in the United<BR>\n" );
document.write( "States in 2006 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "f=0.86(f+126)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f=0.86f+108.36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f-0.86f=108.36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.14f=108.36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=answer=highlight_red%28f=774%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"answer=highlight_red%28f=774%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,  m=126+f=900<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "lawyer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F=M-540<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M=1.4F<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Find the median weekly earnings for female lawyers in the United States in 2006. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "M=1.4(M-540)=1.4M-756<BR>\n" );
document.write( "756=0.4M<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1890=M,   answer=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_red%28F=1890-540=1350%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_red%28F=1890-540=1350%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "==<BR>\n" );
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