Question

Elliot is promoting a concert and needs to print posters to put up aro und the city. He gets information from two companies on printing costs. APlus Printing charges a setup fee of $20 and 10 cents for each poster printed. PrintMore, a competing company, charges $55.00 for setup and five cents per poster. How can Elliot determine which plan will be cheaper?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Each of the printing companies have their own advantages. APlus Printing has a lower setup fee and PrintMore has a lower cost for each poster printed. We can find out at what number of posters are the 2 costs the same.

Let x be the number of posters.

We have $20 + $0.1x = $55 + $0.05x.

=> $0.05x = $35

=> x = 700

Hence we can give a conclusion:

• If Elliot is printing less than 700 posters, he should use APlus Printing.
• If Elliot is printing more than 700 posters, he should use PrintMore.
• If Elliot is printing exactly 700 posters, he should use either company.