document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1037078>Question 1037078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$ 124<BR>\n" );
document.write( "per day and general laborers <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$ 95 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "per day.  If <BR>\n" );
document.write( "forty<BR>\n" );
document.write( "people were hired and the payroll was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$ 4351<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how many heavy equipment operators were&#8203; employed?  How many&#8203; laborers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Forty people were employed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 40..........(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The payroll was $4351<BR>\n" );
document.write( "124x + 95y = 4351......(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...................<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 40..........(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "124x + 95y = 4351......(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply Eq(1) by 95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "95x + 95y = 3800......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "124x + 95y = 4351.....(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract Eq(2) from Eq(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-29x = -551<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 19.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute x = 19 into<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eq(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 40 .....(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19 + y = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 40 - 19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 21.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Heavy equipment operators = 19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Labourers = 21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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