Question

Benny is the manager of an office-support business that supplies copying, binding, and other services for local companies. He must replace a worn-out copy machine that is used for black-and-white copying. He is considering two machines, and each of these has a monthly lease cost plus a cost for each page that is copied. Machine 1 has a monthly lease cost of $619, and there is a cost of $0.040 per page copied. Machine 2 has a monthly lease cost of $685, and there is a cost of $0.025 per page copied. Customers are charged $.12 per page copied. If Benny expects to make 75,000 copies per month, what would be the monthly cost for each machine

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Machine 1:

Monthly lease cost of $619

Cost per page= $0.040

Machine 2:

Monthly lease cost of $685

Csot per page= $0.025

First, we need to structure the total cost formula for each machine:

Machine 1:

Total cost= 619 + 0.04x

Machine 2:

Total cost= 685 + 0.025x

Now, the cost of 75,000 pages:

Machine 1:

Total cost= 619 + 0.04*75,000= $3,619

Machine 2:

Total cost= 685 + 0.025*75,000= $2,560