Question

Marla uses two copiers to make copies of a one-page newsletter. *Copier R makes 60 copies per minute. *Copier T makes 40 copies per minute. Marla will use both copiers to make a total of 1200 copies of the newsletter. Both copiers will start and end at the same time. How many minutes will it take to make 1200 copies?

Answer 1

12 minutes.

Explanation:

Marla uses two copiers to make copies of a one-page newsletter. *Copier R makes 60 copies per minute. *Copier T makes 40 copies per minute.

Since both copier start at the same time, let the number of minutes used by both copiers be represented by x

60 × x + 40 × x = 1200 copies

60x + 40x = 1200

100x = 1200

x = 1200/100

x = 12 minutes

Therefore, it will take 12 minutes l to make 1200 copies.