Problema Solution

The labor costs for a certain project were $3345 per day for 17 technicians and helpers. If each technician earned $210 per day and each helper earned $185 per day. How many helpers were employed on the project.

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let 'x' represent the number of helpers, then '17-x' represents the number of technicians


3345 = 185x + 210(17-x)

solving for 'x' we have x=9


there were 9 helpers employed on the project