Problema Solution
A crew consist of 1 apprentice, 1 journeyman, and 1 master carpenter. The crew receives a check of $4800 for a job they just finished. A journeyman makes 200% of what an apprentice makes, and a master makes 250% of what a journeyman makes. How much does each person on the crew earn?
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First let me put out that an apprentice makes $x for the job.
Next, the journeyman will receive 300% of that, in other words $3*x.
The master carpenter will receive 150% over that, or $1.5*3*x.
The sum of all that is the sum of the check so:
x+3x+4.5x=6800
8.5x=6800
x=800
Which means that:
the apprentice gets $800,
the journeyman gets $2400,
the master carpenter gets $3600.