Thread: Algebra

Can someone help me with these maths.

Two students shared in the purchase of an $86 electronic calculator. One paid $26 more than five times what the other student paid. What did each pay?

(b) Helen, trying to get out of debt, paid $750 to two creditors. If one creditor demanded four times as much as the other, what did she pay to each one?

Originally Posted by Michelle Belford

Can someone help me with these maths.

Two students shared in the purchase of an $86 electronic calculator. One paid $26 more than five times what the other student paid. What did each pay?

Let x=what the 1st one paid
Let 5x + 26 = what the 2nd one paid
Let 86 = total paid

x + 5x + 26 = 86

Solve for x and 5x + 26.


(b) Helen, trying to get out of debt, paid $750 to two creditors. If one creditor demanded four times as much as the other, what did she pay to each one?

Let x = amount creditor A demainded
Let 4x = amount creditor B demainded
Let 750 = total debt

x + 4x = 750

Solve for x and 4x.

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