SOLUTION: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help Pays heavy equipment operators $136 per day and general laborers $100 per day. If 36 people were hired and the pay

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Question 1138857: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help
Pays heavy equipment operators $136 per day and general laborers $100 per day. If 36 people were hired and the payroll was $4536, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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                    variable    pay rate    wages

Heavy Equip           h          136         136h

General Labor         g          100         100g

TOTAL                36                    $4536

The equations are obvious...
Two totals -























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34h+25g=1134
h+g=36