Question

A large tire company has 230 employees. There are 4 times as many mechanics as supervisors, and 10 more supervisors than accountants. How many mechanics, supervisors, and accountants work for the company?
mechanics =
supervisors =
accountants =

Answer 1

So your variable are these
x= # of accountants
x+10= # of supervisors
4(x+10)= # of mechanics
So you get the equation x+ (x+10) + (4x+40) = 230
and you solve for x
6x + 50 = 230
6x = 180
x=30
so accountants = 30
supervisors = 40
Mecahnics = 160