Question

An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $ 135 per day and general laborers $ 94 per day. If thirty dash four people were hired and the payroll was $ 3934 comma how many heavy equipment operators were​ employed? How many​ laborers?

Answer 1

18 heavy equipment operators, 16 general laborers

Explanation:

18 x 135 = $2430

16 x 94 = $1504

$2430 + $1504 = $3934, 34 workers total

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