A new elementary school will have 50 faculty members. Some will be teachers and the rest will be aides. At this school, teachers will earn 20,000 dollars a year and the aides 12,000 dollars. The total amount to be spent on salaries is $872, 000. How many aides may they hire?
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that answer says there are negative anoint of aides and there isnt
anoint???
Not sure what you mean by "the answer"
If you mean the solution to the equation
12a + 20(50-a) = 872
then it is clear that there are 16 aides.
If your "answer" is the supposed answer key, then it is clearly wrong, as there cannot be a negative number of aides.
If you mean the solution to the equation
12a + 20(50-a) = 872
then it is clear that there are 16 aides.
If your "answer" is the supposed answer key, then it is clearly wrong, as there cannot be a negative number of aides.