Question

The budget for salaries for three employees at the Sunshine Food Truck is $1500. If the assistant manager makes twice as much as the cook and the server makes $100 less than the cook, how much do each of the employees make for the month?

Answer 1

Assistant manager sal= $800

cook sal = $400

server sal = 300

Explanation:

lets say 3 people salaries are x, y and z respectively

let x be the cook salary

cook salary = x

assistant manager sal = y = 2x

server sal = z = x - 100

putting in the equation total salary three together make = 1500

x+y+z = 1500

x+2x+(x-100) = 1500

4x -100 = 1500

4x = 1600

x = 400

y = 2x = 2x400 = 800

z = x - 100 = 400 - 100 = 300