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A law firm is going to designate associates and partners to a big new case. The daily rate charged to the client for each associate is $500 and the daily rate for each partner is $1400. The law firm designated 3 times as many associates as partners to the case and was able to charge the client $5800 per day for these lawyers' services. Determine the number of associates assigned to the case and the number of partners assigned to the case.

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A law firm is going to designate associates and partners to a big new case. The daily rate charged to the client for each associate is 500andthedailyrateforeachpartneris500 and the daily rate for each partner is 1400. The law firm designated 3 times as many associates as partners to the case and was able to charge the client $5800 per day for these lawyers' services. Determine the number of associates assigned to the case and the number of partners assigned to the case.

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Let's denote the number of partners assigned to the case as P P and the number of associates assigned to the case as A A .

According to the problem, the law firm designated 3 times as many associates as partners. Therefore, we can write: A=3P A = 3P

The daily rate charged to the client for each associate is 500,andforeachpartner,itis500, and for each partner, it is 1400. The total daily charge to the client is $5800. Therefore, we can write the equation for the total daily charge as: 500A+1400P=5800 500A + 1400P = 5800

Now, we substitute A=3P A = 3P into the total daily charge equation: 500(3P)+1400P=5800 500(3P) + 1400P = 5800

Simplify the equation: 1500P+1400P=5800 1500P + 1400P = 5800 2900P=5800 2900P = 5800

Solve for P P : P=58002900 P = \frac{5800}{2900} P=2 P = 2

Now, substitute P=2 P = 2 back into the equation A=3P A = 3P to find A A : A=3(2) A = 3(2) A=6 A = 6

Therefore, the number of associates assigned to the case is 6, and the number of partners assigned to the case is 2.

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