Question

The president of a certain university makes three times as much money as one of the

heads. If the total of their salaries is $230,000, find each worker's salary.

Answer 1

Let x represent the salary of the head and 3x represent the salary of the president. We can then write an equation to represent the given information:

x + 3x = 230,000

We can solve this equation by subtracting x from both sides and then dividing both sides by 4:

4x = 230,000 x = 57,500

Therefore, the salary of the head is $57,500 and the salary of the president is $172,500.