A certain store has a fax machine available for use by its customers. The store charges $2.30 to send the first page and $0.40 for each subsequent page. The total price, P, for the faxing x pages can be modeled by the formula . Determine the number of pages that can be faxed for $5.90.

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anonymous · Answer

P (price) = 2.30 +  (0.40) * x        x represents the subsequent pages

anonymous · Answer

so, 5.90 = 2.30 +  (0.40) *  x

solve for x

anonymous · Answer

5.90 - 2.30 = 0.40 * x

anonymous · Answer

4.60 / 0.40 = x

anonymous · Answer

sorry thats 3.60 not 4.60 / 0.40

anonymous · Answer

so x = 9 subsequent pages but add 1 for the first page that is 2.30 so total  of 10 pages