An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $130 per day and general laborers $98 per day. If thirty-seven people were hired and the payroll was $4298, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers? The number of heavy equipment operators hired was The number of general laborers hired was

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An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $130 per day and general laborers $98 per day. If thirty-seven people were hired and the payroll was $4298, how many heavy equipment
operators were employed? How many laborers?
The number of heavy equipment operators hired was
The number of general laborers hired was
Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.
Transcribed Image Text:An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators $130 per day and general laborers $98 per day. If thirty-seven people were hired and the payroll was $4298, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers? The number of heavy equipment operators hired was The number of general laborers hired was Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.
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