Question

Lakeisha spent $4.57 on color and black-and-white copies for her project. She made 7 more black-and-white copies than color copies. How many color copies did she make?

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Lakeisha spent $4.57 on color and black-and-white copies for her project. She made 7 more black-and-white copies than color copies. How much color did she make?

Key: color- $0.44 per page

black-and-white: 7 cents per page

Let the amount of color be x

Let the amount of black and white be y

If amount per page of color is $0.44, then x color will cost 0.44x

If amount per page of white and black cost $0.07, then y white and black will cost $0.07y

Since She made 7 more black-and-white copies than color copies, this means:

y = x+7.... 1

If the total spent on black and white is $4.57 then;

0.44x+0.07y = 4.57.... 2

Substitute 1 into 2

0.44x+0.07(x+7) = 4.57

0.44x + 0.07x+0.49 = 4.57

0.51x = 4.57-0.49

0.51x = 4.08

x = 4.08/0.51

x = 8

This means that I made 8 color copies