document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1159361>Question 1159361</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $ 132 per day and general laborers $81 per day.  If thirty-two people were hired and the payroll was $3510, how many heavy equipment operators were​ employed?  How many​ laborers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of heavy equipment operators be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and laborers be y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thirty-two people were hired\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y =32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Heavy equipment operators $ 132 per day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and general laborers $81 per day<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the payroll was $3510,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "132x + 81y = 3510\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	x	Heavy equipment operators			$	132					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	y	labourers			$	81					<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.00	x	+	1.00	y	=	32.00					<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "132.00	x	+	81.00	y	=	3510.00	.............2				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eliminate 	y										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply (1)by		-81.00									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply (2) by		1.00									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-81.00	x		-81.00	y	=	-2592.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "132.00	x		81.00	y	=	3510.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the two equations											<BR>\n" );
document.write( "51.00	x				=	918.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/	51.00										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x	=	18.00									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug value of			x	in (1)							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.00	x	+	1.00	y	=	32.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18.00		+	1.00	y	=	32.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "			1.00	y	=	14.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "				y	=	14.00					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans	x	=	18.00								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	y	=	14.00								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	18	Heavy equipment operators									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	14	labourers									\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " how many heavy equipment operators were​ employed?  How many​ laborers? </SPAN>\n" );
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