A hardware company has two locations with a total of 23 employees. If three times the number of employees at the larger location is three less than five times the number of employees at the smaller location, how many employees are at each location? The smaller location has employee(s) and the larger location has employee(s).

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A hardware company has two locations with a total of 23 employees. If three times the number of employees at the larger location is three less than five times the
number of employees at the smaller location, how many employees are at each location?
OFOO
The smaller location has
employee(s) and the larger location has
employee(s).
Transcribed Image Text:A hardware company has two locations with a total of 23 employees. If three times the number of employees at the larger location is three less than five times the number of employees at the smaller location, how many employees are at each location? OFOO The smaller location has employee(s) and the larger location has employee(s).
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