document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1035533>Question 1035533</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $134 per day and general laborers $100 per day. If forty people were hired and the payroll was $4918, how many heavy equipment operator's 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 #650311 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel555><B>jorel555(1290)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel555><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=650311\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let n be general laborers. Then:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100n+134(40-n)=4918<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100n+5360-134n=4918<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34n=442<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There were 13 general laborers, and 40-13, or 27 heavy equipment operators!!!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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