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A school spent $780,000 in one year to pay all of its teachers and administrators. The school has a total of twenty-four teachers and administrators combined. If teachers make $35,000 per year and administrators make $40,000 per year, how many teachers and how many administrators does the school have?

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Answer: Impossible

Step-by-step explanation: Even if 24 people were on the teacher salary, 780,000 still couldn't cover them all.

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