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Emily uses her college photocopier machine to photocopy at the rate of $0.08 per page. She decides to rent a photocopier machine for $90 a year. The cost of photocopying using the rented machine is $0.03 per page.

Part A: Write an inequality that can be used to calculate the number of pages that Emily should photocopy in a year so that the amount she pays for the rented machine is less than the college machine. Define the variable used.

Part B: How many pages should Emily print in a year to justify renting the photocopier? Show your work.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Part A:
Firstly, we have to determine the price of photocopying using the college printer. Now, it is known that the price to print using the college printer is 8c per page. Therefore, let p = the number of pages printed and so, the price of photocopying using the college printer is : 0.08p
Secondly, we have to determine the price of photocopying using the rented photocopyer. Letting p = the number of pages printed during the year, the price of such a printer will be : 90 + 0.03p, where $90 is the cost of renting the photocopyer and 0.03p is the price of printing pages using the rented photocopyer.

Now, the inequality for the renting price to be less than the college printer price is:
(90 + 0.03p) < 0.08p

Answer 6

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