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16 July, 11:45

A baseball team paid eight times as much to their ace pitcher as they paid to their shortstop. if they paid 81 million for the two salaries, what did they pay each player?

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  1. 16 July, 13:50
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    x + y = 81 million

    let x be the short stop and y be the pitcher

    so pitcher (y) gets 2 times what the the shortstop (x) gets so y = 2x

    so x + 2x = 81 million

    3x = 81

    x = 27

    the short stop makes 27 million

    the pitcher makes 54 million
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