document.write( "Question 393250: 20. In a factory, the technician are paid $24 per day and the packers $20.If there are 540 workers and the total wage bill per day is $12000,find the number of technician and the number of packers employed? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "there are 540 workers 
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document.write( "Let x and (540 - x) represent the number of techs and packers respectively
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document.write( " $24x + $20(540-x) = $12,000
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "       4x = $12,000 - $20*540
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document.write( "        4x = 1200
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document.write( "         x = 300, the number of techs.  240 packers.  (540-300)\r
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document.write( " $24*300 + $20 *240 = $12,000 \n" );
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