document.write( "Question 1074119: two welders work total of 60 hours on a project. One welder made $32/h, while the other made $41/h. If the gross earnings was 2172 for the job, how many hours did each welder work? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The system of two equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "  x +   y = 60,            (1)\r\n" );
document.write( "32x + 41y = 2172.          (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or a single equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "32x + 41*(60-x) = 2172.    (3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve for x.\r\n" );
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