SOLUTION: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $139 per day and general laborers $81 per day. if thirty-five people were hired and

Question 719551: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $139 per day and general laborers $81 per day. if thirty-five people were hired and the payroll was $4401, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? how many laborers?
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An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $139 per day and general laborers $81 per day. if thirty-five people were hired and the payroll was $4401, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? how many laborers?
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let x=number of heavy equipment operators employed
35-x=number of laborers employed
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139x+81(35-x)=4401
139x+2835-81x=4401
58x=1566
x=27
35-x=8
number of heavy equipment operators employed=27
number of laborers employed=8
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