SOLUTION: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $130 per day and general laborers $92 per day. If 32 people were hired and the payr
Question 1158746: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $130 per day and general laborers $92 per day. If 32 people were hired and the payroll was $3552, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers? Answer by ikleyn(52818) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
x operators and (32-x) laborers.
130*x + 92*(32-x) = 3552 (total payroll)
x = = 16.
ANSWER. 16 operators and the rest 32-16 = 16 laborers.
CHECK. 16*130 + 16*92 = 3552 dollars. ! Correct !