SOLUTION: Three waiters at a local restaurant earned different amounts of money the past week. Jennifer earned $40 less than twice the amount Tony earned. Chris earned $60 more than Tony.
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Question 1003357: Three waiters at a local restaurant earned different amounts of money the past week. Jennifer earned $40 less than twice the amount Tony earned. Chris earned $60 more than Tony. How much did each waiter earn if they earned a total of $900.
Choose a variable for Tony:
Write an expression for Jennifer:
Write an expression for Chris:
Write an equation for the total the three waiters earned. Solve for Tony's earnings.
Tony earned: $ Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Three waiters at a local restaurant earned different amounts of money the past week. Jennifer earned $40 less than twice the amount Tony earned. Chris earned $60 more than Tony. How much did each waiter earn if they earned a total of $900.
Choose a variable for Tony: let it be t
Write an expression for Jennifer:
J = 2t-40
Write an expression for Chris:
C = t+60
Write an equation for the total the three waiters earned. Solve for Tony's earnings.
t+j+c = 900
t+2t-40+t+60 = 900
4t+20 =900
4t= 880
t = 220
Tony earned: $220
