Problema Solution
a total of $11,000 is to be divided between sean and george. george is to receive $1000 less than twice the amount that sean receives. how much will each receive?
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Let 's' stand for the amount Sean gets and 'g' stand for the amount George gets. We can write:
s+g=11000
g=2s-1000
Using Algebrator to solve for 'g' and 's', we get:
g=$7000
s=$4000