document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=992972>Question 992972</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At a community college, the difference between a professor's salary and an associate professor's salary is $13,000. The sum of their salaries is $99,000.  Find the salary of an associate professor at the college. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p - a = 13000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p + a = 99,000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add and solve for \"p\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2p = 112,000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = $56,000 (professor's salary)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"a\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 99000-56000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = $43,000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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