document.write( "Question 1190044: The wages of 7 men and 2 women amount to US$110 per day. The wages of 3 men and 3women amount to US$60 per day. Using ‘m’ to represent men and ‘w’ to represent women:
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Algebra.Com's Answer #821589 by math_tutor2020(3817)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "The two equations are \n" ); document.write( "7m+2w = 110 \n" ); document.write( "3m+3w = 60\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For the first equation we have \n" ); document.write( "7m = total wages from the 7 men \n" ); document.write( "2w = total wages from the 2 women \n" ); document.write( "7m+2w = total wages of the nine people mentioned \n" ); document.write( "So that's how we end up with 7m+2w = 110\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The second equation follows a very similar idea \n" ); document.write( "3m = total wages from the 3 men \n" ); document.write( "3w = total wages from the 3 women \n" ); document.write( "3m+3w = total wages of the six people mentioned \n" ); document.write( "Then that is set equal to 60 to finish things off. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |