Question

Company A rents copiers for a monthly charge of $200 plus 8 cents per copy.Company B rents copiers for a monthly charge of $400 plus 4 cents per copy.What is the number of copies above which Company A's charges are the higher of the two?

Answer 1

200+0.08*x>400+0.04*x
0.04*x>200
x>200/0.04
x>5000

Answer 2

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Answer 3

if company takes x copies per month, then cost for compant A is
\[200+0.08x\]
and cost for company B is
\[200+0.04x\]

so we need condition when cost of company A is greater or equal to second one .. so we can say

200+0.08*x>=400+0.04*x
0.04*x>=200
x>=200/0.04
x>=5000