document.write( "Question 888697: Two workers earn £300 between them. One worker gets £25 more than the other how much do they each get. please explain the workings out for this one. b Williams \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "There are two ways to do this problem:\r\n" );
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document.write( "First way:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Two workers earn £300 between them.
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document.write( "One worker earns £x\r\n" );
document.write( "The other earns £300-£x\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "One worker gets £25 more than the other.
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document.write( "So £x = £300-£x + £25\r\n" );
document.write( "    x = 300 - x + 25\r\n" );
document.write( "    x = 325 - x\r\n" );
document.write( "   2x = 325\r\n" );
document.write( "    x = 162.50\r\n" );
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document.write( "One worker earns £x = £162.50\r\n" );
document.write( "The other earns £300-£x = £300-£162.50 = £137.50\r\n" );
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document.write( "Second way:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "One worker gets £25 more than the other
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document.write( "Other worker gets £x\r\n" );
document.write( "So the one worker gets £x + £25\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Two workers earn £300 between them.
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document.write( "Therefore the equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "£x + £x + £25 = £300\r\n" );
document.write( "   x + x + 25 = 300\r\n" );
document.write( "      2x + 25 = 300\r\n" );
document.write( "           2x = 275\r\n" );
document.write( "            x = 137.50\r\n" );
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document.write( "So\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other worker gets £x = £137.50\r\n" );
document.write( "The one worker gets £x + £25 = £137.50 + £25 = £162.50\r\n" );
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