Problema Solution
In printing an article of 48, 000 words a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type a printed page containd 1, 800 words. Using smaller type, a page contains 2, 400 words. The article is alotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in a smaller type?
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let 'n' represent the number of pages in the smaller font, then '21-n' represents the number of pages in the larger font
21 = 48000/((21-n)1800) + 48000/(n2400)
solving for 'n' we have n=19.66
they need 20 pages in the smaller font