document.write( "Question 1106521: The problem is this:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "At the Book Nook bookstore the hourly wage for its managers is $1.75 less than twice the hourly wage for its clerks. The managers hourly wage is higher and the difference in their hourly wages is $6.75. Determine the hourly wage for the managers.
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c, hourly wage of clerk
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\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28m=-1.75%2B2c%2Cm-c=6.75%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "simple substitution:
\n" ); document.write( "\"2c-1.75-c=6.75\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"c-1.75=6.75\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"c=6.75%2B1.75\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28c=8.5%29\"--------clerk rate
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\n" ); document.write( "\"m=6.75%2B8.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28m=15.25%29\"--------manager rate
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