Question

Josue knows that his aunt earns more money. than his uncle. He asked how much his aunt earns each month and was told, "$600 less than twice what your uncle earsn." If his aunt earns $4,200 per month, how much money does his uncle earn each month?

Answer 1

Uncle's earnings is $2400

Explanation:

Represent his uncle's earnings with x

$600 less than twice what your uncle earns is represented as:

`2x - 600`

Since, his aunt's earnings is $4200.

We have:

`2x - 600 = 4200`

Add 600 to both sides

`2x - 600 + 600= 4200 + 600`

`2x = 4800`

Solve for x

`x = 4800/2`

`x = 2400`

Hence, His uncle's earnings is $2400