SOLUTION: An employer has a daily payroll of $1225 when employing some workers at $80 per day and others at $85 per day. When the number of $80 workers is increased by 50% and the number of
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: An employer has a daily payroll of $1225 when employing some workers at $80 per day and others at $85 per day. When the number of $80 workers is increased by 50% and the number of $85 workers is decreased by 1/5, the new daily payroll is 1540. How many were originally employed at each rate?
I have these formulas but can't seem to figure the solution out.
80x + 85 y = 1225
80((1+50%)x) + 85 ((1-1/5)y)=1540
Please help
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Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
multiply both sides by 1.5
substitute back into the equation above
Now find x
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