Problema Solution
In a recent year a baseball team paid eight times as much to their ace pitcher as they paid to their shortstop. If they paid 45 million for the two salaries, what did they pay each player?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let 'x' stand for the amount paid to the ace pitcher and 'y' stand for the amount paid to the shortstop. We can write the following equations from the given information:
x=8y
x+y=45
Now we have 2 equations and 2 unknowns. Solving for 'x' and 'y', we get:
x=40 million
y=5 million