SOLUTION: At a restaurant the server earns $100/day and the cook earns $150 /day. However , of all the tips collected, the server receives 75% of the total and the cook receives 25%. What a

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Question 1145314: At a restaurant the server earns $100/day and the cook earns $150 /day. However , of all the tips collected, the server receives 75% of the total and the cook receives 25%. What amount of tips must be collected so that cook and the server earn the daily pay?
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Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, ikleyn:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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What amount of tips must be collected so that cook and the server earn the SAME daily pay?
100+.75t=150+.25t
.50t=50
t/2=50
t=100
check
100+75=150+25
175=175
ok

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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As it worded, printed, posted and presented, the problem makes no sense, since the question formulated incorrectly.

The correct formulation is THIS : 

    What  amount of tips must be collected so that cook and the server earn an equal highlight%28cross%28the%29%29 daily pay?

Is it so difficult to formulate correctly ?