document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=51989>Question 51989</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395977223/algebrahomeworkh>Agebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A factory hired 130 new workers during a year in which 27 workers retired and 59 left for other reasons.  If there were 498 workers at the end of the year, how many were there at the beginning of the year? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #34684 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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=34684\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> X+130-27-59=498 OR X+130-86=498 OR X+44=498 OR X=498-44 OR X=454\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PROOF 454+130=584-27=557-59=498 </SPAN>\n" );
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