As the number of pages in a photo book increases, the price of the book also increases. There is an additional shipping charge o

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As the number of pages in a photo book increases, the price of the book also increases. There is an additional shipping charge o

f 15%. The price of a book can be modeled by the equation below, where P= (20+0.5x)+0.15(20+0.5x)
Jennifer wants to purchase a book but only has $62.10 to spend. What is the maximum number of pages she can have in her book?

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seraphim [82] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-06T17:35:40+03:00

seraphim [82]3 years ago

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This time you have to plug in the 62.10 to the P and solve for x.

I know that the new equation is now<span>62.10=(20+0.5x)+0.15(20+0.5x)

</span>okay so, x equal 68, the number of pages .