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a) A color printer prints 21 pages in 11 minutes.How many pages does it print per minute round to the nearest hundredth?

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Answer:

About 1.91 pages per minute

Explanations

If a color printer prints 21 pages in 11 minutes, this can be expressed as;

21 pages = 11 minutes

In order to determine the number of pages printed in a minutes, wecan write;

x = 1 minutes

Take the ratio of both expressions to have:

21/x = 11/1

Cross multiply

11x= 21

Divide both sides by 11

11x/11 = 21/11

x = 1.909

x = 1.91

This shows that the color printer prints about 1.91 pages per minute

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