Question

brand X copier advertises that its copier run 32% longer between service call than its competitor.if brand X copiers run 50,200 copies between service calls how many copies would the competitor would the competitor run (to the nearest copy)?

Answer 1

@sat,
http://openstudy.com/groups/mathematics#/groups/mathematics/updates/4ea0bd1b0b8bf5b42a2c9c48

Answer 2

this means brand X is supposed to be 32% more than "competitor" you don't know the competitors copies, but you know if you increase them by 32% you get 50,200 in other words you know
\[1.32\times P = 50,200\] and so
\[P=50,200\div1.32\]

Answer 3

so would the steps be
so divide the whole problem

Answer 4

step is to divide, yes.

Answer 5

and that is how iould get my answer

Answer 6

how did you get 1.32