document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=142630>Question 142630</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592009425/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An employment agency pays heavy equipment operators $136.00 a day and general laborers $81 a day. If thirty people were hired and the payroll was $3391, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance for your help </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #103809 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=103809\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x=operators and y=laborers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"thirty people were hired\" __ x+y=30 __ y=30-x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"the payroll was $3391\" __ 136x+81y=3391\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting __ 136x+81(30-x)=3391 __ distributing __136x+2430-81x=3391\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting 2430 __ 55x=961\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x is NOT an integer value\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since a partial person is not realistic, you might want to check the numbers in the problem </SPAN>\n" );
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