Question 399682
John earned $240 in the summer by working at a fast food restraunt and baby-sitting. If he earned five times as much in the restraunt as he did baby-sitting, how much did he earn at each job?

I need an equation for it
Like, I sorta started it by saying F-fastfood and B-babysitting
So, would it be F+B=240?
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let f and b be the pay rate for food and baby-sitting
f = 5b
f + b = 240
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Sub for f
5b + b = 240
6b = 240
b = $40
f = $200
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