Question

A town's total allocation for police officers wages and benefit in a new budget os $800,000. If wages are calculated at $55,000 per officer and benefits at $25,000 per officer, write an equation where the solution is the number of officers the town can employee, if they spend their whole budget

Answer 1

Number of officers = 10

Explanation:

Given

Total allocation for police officers wages and benefits in new budget = $800000

It is given that

Wages calculated per officer = $55000

Benefits per officer = $25000

So total amount that can be spent on one officer is = 55000+25000

= $80000

Therefore, Number of officers that the town can employee is given by

x = (800000 / 80000 )

= 10

Thus 10 employees

Answer 2

The amount of money paid to each of the officer is the sum of the wage and the benefits. This amount is equal to $80,000. The number of officers (n) that can be hired by the town is the quotient of the total budget and the pay per employee.
n = ($800,000) / $80,000
n = 10
Thus, the number of employees is 10.