document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=766432>Question 766432</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a secretary at the police department makes $8 less per hour than the dispatcher. the combined hourly wage of the security and dispatcher is $40. which equation could be used to find the hourly wage of the dispatcher? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Secretary receives x - $8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x - $8) = $40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Remove brackets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x - $8 = $40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    2x  = $40 + $8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    2x  = $48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     x  = $24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hourly wage of dispatcher = $24<BR>\n" );
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