SOLUTION: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $139 per day and general laborers $90 per day. If thirty-four people were hired a

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Question 896151: An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $139 per day and general laborers $90 per day. If
thirty-four people were hired and the payroll was $4138, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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h+g=34
139*h+90*g=4138
g = 12, h = 22