Question

Emma, Gabriela, Kevin, Trang, and Belinda all work for the same company. Trang has been there the longest, eleven years, and makes the most money, three times as much as Belinda, Kevin has been there the second longes and makes $50,000 a year. Gabriela has worked there four years less than Trang and one year more than Emma. She makes $60,000 a year. Emma's pay is twice as much as Kevin's. Belinda has worked thre three years less than Emma and her income is three-quarters of Kevin's. How much is Trang's annual salary?

Answer 1

The first letter of each name will symbolize each persons salary.

T=3B

K=$50,000

G=$60,000

E=2K

B=K3/4

All you need to know to find T is B. To find B you need to know K, which we have. Lots of distractor information in this problem.

B=3/4($50,000)=$37,500

T=3($37,500)=1500+21,000+90,000=$112,500.