A contractor employed 5 adults and 3 teenagers for one day and paid them
a total of $224 per hour. The following day he employed 3 adults and 5
teenagers for $160 per hour.
What was the hourly rate paid to each adult?
Hello 5 adults and 3 teenagers for one day paid them a total of $224 per hour 5A + 3T = 8 * 224 3 adults and 5 teenagers for one day paid them a total of $160 per hour 3A + 5T = 8 * 160 Adding both => 8A + 8T = 8 * 224 + 8 * 160 => A + T = 384 2A - 2T = 8(64) => A - T = 256 2A = 640 => A = 320 T = 64 The hourly rate paid day to each adult is $320
