Workers at a particular mining site receive an average of 35 days paid vacation, which is lower than the national average. The manager of this plant is under pressure from a local union to increase the amount of paid time off. However, he does not want to give more days off to the workers because that would be costly. Instead he decides he should fire 10 employees in such a way as to raise the average number of days off that are reported by his employee. In order to achieve this goal, he should... A. fire employees who have the most number of days off B. fire employees who have the least number of days off. C. fire employees who have about the average number of days off

B

Step-by-step explanation:

The average of paid time off is the sum of the paid time off (T) of each employee divided by the number of employees(n):

av = (∑T)/n

Thus, av is directly proportional to the sum of T and indirectly proportional to n. It means that if T raises, the average raises too. So, the manager must fire the employees who have the least number of days off, so T will increase.

37/3

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: simplify both sides of the equation.

7x+8(x+

1

4

)=3(6x−9)−8

7x+(8)(x)+(8)(

1

4

)=(3)(6x)+(3)(−9)+−8(distribute)

7x+8x+2=18x+−27+−8

(7x+8x)+(2)=(18x)+(−27+−8)(combine like terms)

15x+2=18x+−35

15x+2=18x−35

tep 2: subtract 18x from both sides.

15x+2−18x=18x−35−18x

−3x+2=−35

step 3: subtract 2 from both sides.

−3x+2−2=−35−2

−3x=−37

step 4: divide both sides by -3.

−3x

−3

=

−37

−3

x=

37

3