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An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $136 per day and general laborers $80 per day. If thirty-two people were hired and the payroll was $3960, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers?

Answer :

The number of heavy equipment operators employed is 26 while number of laborers employed is 6

How to solve Algebraic word problems?

Let x be the number of heavy equipment operators employed

Thus, If thirty-two people were hired, then we can say that;

32 - x represents the number of laborers employed

Thus, the equation to solve for x would be;

136x + 80(32 - x) = 3960

136x + 2560 - 80x = 3960

216x + 2560 = 3960

216x = 3960 - 2560

216x = 1400

x = 1400/216

x ≅ 6

Thus;

32 - x = 32 - 6 = 26

Thus, we conclude that number of heavy equipment operators employed is 26 while number of laborers employed = 6

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