Jodie uses her college printer to print pages at the rate of $0.06 per page. She decides to rent a printer for $80 a year. The cost of printing using the rented printer is $0.02 per page.

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

Part B: How many pages should Jodie print in a year to justify renting the printer? Show your work

Question

Jodie uses her college printer to print pages at the rate of $0.06 per page. She decides to rent a printer for $80 a year. The cost of printing using the rented printer is $0.02 per page.

Part A: Write an inequality that can be used to calculate the number of pages that Jodie should print in a year so that the amount she pays for the rented printer is less than the college printer. Define the variable used. 

Part B: How many pages should Jodie print in a year to justify renting the printer? Show your work

tkhunny · Answer

Please show your work.

1 Page

0.06
80.00 + 0.02

2 pages

0.06 + 0.06
80.00 + 0.02 + 0 .02

Seeing a pattern, yet?

anonymous · Answer

Ahh yes thank you