SOLUTION: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $ 130 per day and general laborers $88 per day. If thirty-four people were hired an

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Question 1050957: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $ 130 per day and general laborers $88 per day. If thirty-four people were hired and the payroll was $3706, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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x laborers
y heavy equip ops

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