SOLUTION: Joe, jack, and john work together. if Joe earns twice as much as john, and jack earns three times as much as Joe, how much does each earn if in one day they earned a total of $360?

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Question 985975: Joe, jack, and john work together. if Joe earns twice as much as john, and jack earns three times as much as Joe, how much does each earn if in one day they earned a total of $360?
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Let represent John's daily wage, then must represent Joe's daily wage, and must represent Jack's daily wage. Since the total of all three daily wages is $360, then the following statement must be true:



Solve for , then calculate and . By the way John and Jack are probably insulted that you didn't have the courtesy to capitalize their names.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it