document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=142639>Question 142639</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An employment agency pays heavy equipment operators $136.00 a day and general laborers $81 a day. If thirty-one people were hired and the payroll was $3391, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers? <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? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #103819 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=103819\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 136X+81(31-X)=3391<BR>\n" );
document.write( "136X+2511-81X=3391<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55X=3391-2511<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55X=880<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=880/55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=16 IS THE NUMBER OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "31-16=15 IS THE NUMBER OF LABORERS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "136*16+81*15=3391<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2176+1215=3391<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3391=3391 </SPAN>\n" );
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