SOLUTION: Your weekly paycheck is 15 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 680. Find the amount of each paycheck.
coworkers pay check is:
my pay check is:
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coworkers pay check is:
my pay check is:
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Question 181056: Your weekly paycheck is 15 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 680. Find the amount of each paycheck.
coworkers pay check is:
my pay check is: Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the amount of your paycheck and coworker paycheck be a and b, respectively
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a=b-.15b........eq 1
a+b=680.........eq 2
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rewrite eq 1 to be .85b and plug that into eq 2
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.85b+b=680
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1.85b=680
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$amount of coworkers pay check
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$amount of your paycheck
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