Question

a toy company's total payment salaries for the first two months of 2005 is $21, 894. write and solve an equation to find the salaries for the second month if the first month's salaries are $10,205.

Answer 1

Solution:  Second month = m

The equation is

m + 10205 = 21894

m = 11689

So the second month will be $11,894. :)