Question

jeds market has a total of 26 employees. Each full time employee makes $275/ week, and each part-time employee makes $140/ week. Jed pays a total of $5935 in wages each How many full-time and part-time employees does he have? Let f= number of fulltime employees, and p= number of part-time employees.

Answer 1

The number of full time employees is 17 and the number of part time employee is 9

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1 :

Let f represent the number of full time employee and p represent the number of part time employee

Total number of employees = 26

Hence we have f + p = 26

Step 2 :

Wages of full time employee  = $275

Wages of part time employee = $140

Total wages paid by Jeds = $ 5935

Hence we have 275 f + 140 p = 5935

Step 3:

Solving the equations obtained in step 1 and step 2 we have

f + p = 26, Multiplying by 275 = > 275 f + 275 p = 7150

275 f + 140 p = 5935

Subtracting equation 2 from 1 we have

135 p = 1215 => p = 9

Substituting this in f + p = 26 gives, f + 9 = 26

So f = 17

Step 4 :

Answer :

The number of full time employees is 17 and the number of part time employee is 9