document.write( "Question 1123458: heavy equipment operators get paid 138 per day and general laborers get paid 96 per day. if 32 people were hired and the payroll was 4290 how many heavy equipment operators were hired? how many general laborers were hired? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "heavy equipment operators get paid 138 per day and general laborers get paid 96 per day.
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document.write( "Let x = number of heavy equipment operators employed\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then  32-x = number of laborers employed\r\n" );
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document.write( "    138x + 96(32-x) = 4290\r\n" );
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document.write( "    138x + 96*32 - 96x = 4290\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (138-96)*x = 4290 - 96*32\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 29.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    32 - x =3\r\n" );
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document.write( "number of heavy equipment operators employed = 29\r\n" );
document.write( "number of laborers employed = 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check.  29*138 + 3*96 = 4290.   ! Correct !\r\n" );
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