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An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $121 per day and general laborers $92 per day. If 32 people where hired and payroll was $3727, how many equipment operators and laborers employed
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Let
h = the number of heavy equipment operators employed
l = the number of laborers employed
32 people were hired means:
h + l = 32
Payroll was $3727:
121h + 92l = 3727
We have the following system of equations:
h + l = 32
121h + 92l = 3727
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h = 27 heavy equipment operators
l = 5 laborers
There were 27 heavy equipment operators and 5 laborers employed.