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Erica earned a total of $50,450 last year from her two jobs. The amount she earned from her job at the store was $1,250 more than three times the amount she earned from her job at the college. How much did she earn from her job at the college?

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Let the amount earned from store be x and amount earned from college be y.

As per the first condition:


x+y=50450

As per the second condition:


\begin{gathered} x=3y+1250 \\ x-3y=1250 \end{gathered}

Subtract the two equations to get:


\begin{gathered} x+y=50450 \\ - \\ x-3y=1250 \\ 4y=49200 \\ y=12300 \end{gathered}

She earned 12300$ from college and 38150$ from store.

Hence the answer is 12300$

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