Question

SALARY In a recent year, the median salary for an engineer in the United States was $55,000 and the median salary for a computer programmer was $52,000. Write and evaluate an expression to estimate the total cost for a business to employ two engineers and three programmers for 1 year.

Answer 1

Given :

Median salary of engineer , E = $55,000 .

Median salary of computer engineer , C = $52,000 .

To Find :

The total cost for a business to employ two engineers and three programmers for 1 year .

Solution :

Now , cost of paying two engineers .

$C_e=\ 2\times 55000\\\\C_e=\ 110000$

Also , cost of paying three programmers .

$C_p=3\times 52000\\\\C_p=\ 156000$

Therefore , total cost for 1 year is $\ (110000+156000)=\ 266000$ .

Hence , this is the required solution .