Question

help me plz One line of text on a page uses about 4/15 of an inch. There are 0.5-inch margins at the top and bottom of a page. Write and solve an inequality to find the number of lines that can be typed on a page that is 17 inches long.

Answer 1

60 lines can be typed in the page

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Length of the page = 17 inches

Length of the margin = 0.5-inch

length of one line = 4/15

To Find:

The number of lines that can be typed on a page

Solution:

Let the number of line that can be typed be n

then

n <=

the top and bottom margins are 0.5 inches each

so we will be having

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