how do I set up this word problem

Question

The salaries of the President and Vice-President were a total of $576,300 a year. If the President makes $203,700 more a year than the Vice-President, how much does the Vice-President make?

Answer 1

Go easy on this. Let Pence's pending pay be p (for V.P.); then Trump's pay will be p+203700.

 

Write an equation setting the sum of those above two expressions = to 576,300.

Solve, and then ask yourself if we can afford this!