Question

In a recent year a baseball team paid seven times as much to their ace pitcher as they paid to their shortstop. If they paid ​$ 24 million for the two​ salaries, what did they pay each​ player?

Answer 1

Shortstop =$3,000,000;

ace pitcher = $21,000,000

Explanation:

Let amount earned by shortstop = s

Then, amount earned by ace pitcher = 7 times amount earned by shortstop = (7 × s) = 7s

Total amount Paid = $24,000,000

Amount earned by each player :

s + 7s = 24,000,000

8s = $24,000,000

s = 24,000,000 / 8

s = 3,000,000

Hence,

Salary earned by shortstop = $3,000,000

Salary earned by ace pitcher = (7 * 3,000,000) = $21,000,000