SOLUTION: If a company hired 50 employees and reduced all pay by $2 a day, their payroll increases by $260. If they lose 50 employees and add $4 a day to each employee, their payroll decr
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Question 1022755: If a company hired 50 employees and reduced all pay by $2 a day, their payroll increases by $260. If they lose 50 employees and add $4 a day to each employee, their payroll decreases by $340. How many employees do they have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of employees they have
Let = the original pay for each employee
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(1)
(2)
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(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
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Subtract (2) from (1)
(1)
(2)
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They have 110 employees
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The original pay rate was $11.60/hr
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
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