document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164821>Question 164821</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can't wrap my brain around this word problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Layoffs. 10% of the employees in the aerospace division will be laid off and 15% of the employees in the agriculture division will be laid off. Altogether 12% of 3000 employees in these two divisions will be laid off. How many employees are in each division? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12% of 3000= 360\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10%=10/100=.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15%=15/100=.15 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Layoffs. 10% of the employees in the aerospace division will be laid off and 15% of the employees in the agriculture division will be laid off. Altogether 12% of 3000 employees in these two divisions will be laid off. How many employees are in each division? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity Equation: s + a = 3000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Percentage Equatio: 0.10s + 0.15a = 0.12*3000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the equations for elimination:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10s + 10a = 30000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10s + 15a = 12*3000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract the 1st from the 2nd to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5a = 6000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 1200 (# of agriculture division layoffs)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 1800 (# of aerospace division layoffs)<BR>\n" );
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