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A crew consists of one apprentice, one journeyman, and one master carpenter. The crew receives a check for $6400 for a job they just finished. A journeyman makes 200% of what an apprentice makes, and a master makes 250% of what a journeyman makes. How much does each receive.
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document.write( "Let $x = the amount the apprentice makes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The journeyman makes 200% of x, which is 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "The master makes 250% of 2x, which is 2.5(2x) = 5x\r\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2x + 5x = 6400\r\n" );
document.write( "         8x = 6400\r\n" );
document.write( "          x = 800\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the apprentics makes $800\r\n" );
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document.write( "The journeyman makes 2x, which is 2($800) = $1600\r\n" );
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document.write( "The master makes 5x, which is $4000.\r\n" );
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