SOLUTION: marys hourly wage is twice that of johns. johns and dennis wade totals 60. if dennis earns 1/3 of johns rate what does mary make and hour?

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Question 200426: marys hourly wage is twice that of johns. johns and dennis wade totals 60. if dennis earns 1/3 of johns rate what does mary make and hour?
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Let represent John's wage.

Then represents Mary's wage and represents Dennis' wage.

We know that the sum of John's and Dennis' wages equal 60, so:



Solve for to get John's wage, then multiply by 2 to get Mary's.

I want Mary's job.

John