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The average yearly salary of a lawyer is $34 thousand less than twice that of an architect. Combined, an architect and a lawyer earn $215 thousand. Find the average yearly salary of an architect and a lawyer

What is the average yearly salary of an architect?

What is the average yearly salary of a lawyer?

Please Help I will give you a lot of points 63 The average yearly salary of a lawyer is 34 thousand less than twice that of an architect Combined an architect a class=

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Let architect s income be x

  • Lawyers income be 2x-34

AtQ

[tex]\\ \sf\longmapsto x+2x-34=215[/tex]

[tex]\\ \sf\longmapsto 3x-34=215[/tex]

[tex]\\ \sf\longmapsto 3x=249[/tex]

[tex]\\ \sf\longmapsto x=83[/tex]

[tex]\\ \sf\longmapsto 2x-34=166-34=132[/tex]

  • Lawyers income=132thousand
  • Architect s income=83thousand