SOLUTION: sid and bert each worked a diffrent number of days but each earned the same amount of money how many days did each work bert earned $15 a day sid earned $10 a day sid worked

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Question 371205: sid and bert each worked a diffrent number of days but each earned the same amount of money how many days did each work
bert earned $15 a day
sid earned $10 a day
sid worked 5 more times than bert

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let Bert work for x days
Sid works for x+5
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15x= 10(x+5)
15x=10x+50
-10x -10x
5x=50
/5
x= 10 days Bert worked
Sid worked 5 more days so he worked for 15 days.
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