A copy center offers its customers two different pricing plans for black and white phototcopies of 8.5 in. pages. Customers can

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A copy center offers its customers two different pricing plans for black and white phototcopies of 8.5 in. pages. Customers can

either pay $0.08 per page or pay $7.50 for a discount card that lowers the cost to $0.05 per page. Write and solve an equation to find the number of photocopies for which the cost of the two plans is the same

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wariber [46] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-13T12:26:08+03:00

wariber [46]2 years ago

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0.08x=7.50+0.05x
Subtract 0.05x from both sides.
0.03x=7.50
Divide both sides by 0.03.
X =250 pages