Answer:
Charlene earns $700 per week
Kristi earns $550 per week
Sascha earns $800 per week
Step-by-step explanation:
Since Kristi earns 150 less than Charlene which is 100 less than Sascha, this is equal to the value of Sascha minus 250. We put this in the equation as s-250.
Together, they all earn $2050, so we must equal this to Charlene's value k+150, plus Kristi's value k, plus Sascha's value s.
<em>k+150+k+s=2050</em>
The next step here is to put the variables on one side and to put the numeric values on the other.
2k+s=1900
Like we said before, Kristi's value is equal to s-250, so we would replace k with that expression.
2(s-250)+s=1900
2s-500+s=1900
3s=2400
s= 800
We now have Sandra's weekly pay, which we can use to find the others' pay.
c= s-100
c= 800-100
c= 700
k= c-150
k= 700-150
k= 550
