Question

In a recent year, the annual salary of the governor of new York was $179,00. During the same year, the annual salary of the governor of Tennessee was $94,000 less. Write and solve an equation to find the annual salary of the governor of Tennessee (y) in that year.

Answer 1

$85,000

Explanation:

Given that, the annual salary of the governor of New York was $179,000.

Let $y be the annual salary of the governor of Tennesse during the same year.

As the annual salary of the governor of Tennessee was $94,000 less than the annual salary of the governor of New York.

So, the annual salary of the governor of Tennesse,

`y=179000-94000`

`\Rightarrow y=85000`

Hence, the annual salary of the governor of Tennesse during the same year was $85,000.