Answer:
s = 250
a = 225
Step-by-step explanation:
Because they both earned a total of 475 dollars, the total amount of the two is 475. Because a represents Alto's earnings, and s represents Sheryl's earnings, we have [tex]a+s=475[/tex]
Sheryl also earned 25 more dollars than Alto, so the value of s is 25 larger than a: [tex]s=a+25[/tex]
By graphing, we can let s = y and a = x, so we have the following equations:
[tex]x + y=475\\y=x+25[/tex]
Plugging this into Desmos, we have this: (look at screenshot uploaded)
We see that y, or Sheryl's amount is around 250, and x, or Alto's amount is in the middle of 200 and 250, roughly about 225.
Now, we can solve for a and s. Because the value of s is equal to a + 25, we can represent s as a + 25 in the first equation: [tex]a + (a + 25) = 475[/tex]. Combining like terms, we have [tex]2a+25=475[/tex], and [tex]2a = 450[/tex]. Dividing, we have [tex]a = 225[/tex], and since s is 25 more than 225, we have [tex]s = 250[/tex]
The amount we estimated was around what we solved for. We found that the solution, or the value where both cases are true is around 250 and 225 for Sheryl and Alto's earnings.
