Jason earned a total of $15900 from two part-time jobs. If he earned 3700 more from one job than the other, how much did he earn from each job

Let's call job one x.

Job two can be y.

Jason earned $3,700 more from job y than x. Therefore y = x + 3700

From the two jobs, Jason earned $15,900. This can be written as x + y = 15900.

Now substitute y for x + 3700:

x + x + 3700 = 15900

2x + 3700 = 15900

Subtract 3700 from both sides:

2x = 12200

Divide both sides by 2:

x = 6100

Take the original equation x + y = 15900 and substitute x with 6100:

6100 + y = 15900

y = 9800

Job one (x) paid Jason $6,100.

Job two (y) paid Jason $9,800.