The mayor commissioned two artists to paint 50 murals around the city. Once the work was completed, Celina was paid $1,000 more than 4 times the amount Diego got. If the mayor paid the two a total of $50,000, how much did Diego get?
Define a variable ** Let d be Diego’s payment
Write an equation ** Both artists were paid (1000 + 4 * d ) + d = 50000 dollars
Simplify ** This means that 5d = (50000 - 1000) dollars
How much did Diego get? ** Therefore Diego was paid d = 49000 / 5 = <<49000/5=9800>>9800 dollars
#### 9800