Although you want to choose a career that fits your interests and abilities, it is good to have an idea of what jobs pay when looking at career options. The bar graph shows the average yearly earnings of full-time employed college graduates with only a bachelor’s degree based on their college major.The average yearly earnings of engineering majors exceeds the earnings of marketing majors by $19 thousand. The average yearly earnings of accounting majors exceeds the earnings of marketing majors by $6 thousand. Combined, the average yearly earnings for these three college majors is $196 thousand. Determine the average yearly earnings, in thousands of dollars, for each of these three college majors.

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$10 ....... Average Yearly Earnings (thousands of dollars) .......... Engineering Accounting Marketing Journalism Nursing Philosophy Social Work 38 43 53 51 Average Earnings, by College Major