SOLUTION: A construction agency pay equipment operators $134 a day and general laborer $90 a day. If thirty two people were hired and the payroll was $3848 how may equipment operators were e

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: A construction agency pay equipment operators $134 a day and general laborer $90 a day. If thirty two people were hired and the payroll was $3848 how may equipment operators were employed? How man general laborers?
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A construction agency pay equipment operators $134 a day and general laborer $90 a day. If thirty two people were hired and the payroll was $3848 how may equipment operators were employed? How man general laborers?
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Using two equations:
Let # of e.o.'s be x:
Let # of g.l.'s be y:
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Quantity Equation: x + y = 32
Value Equation: 134x + 90y = 3848
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Solve by any method to get:
x = 22
y = 10
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Cheers,
Stan H.