Problema Solution

State the equation you need to use to solve the problem and solve. Brand x copier advertises that it's copiers run 23% longer between service calls then it's competitor. If Brand x copiers run 62,300 copies between service calls How many copies would the competitor run (to the nearest copy)?

Answer provided by our tutors

Percentage longer Brand x copier runs = 23% 

Number of runs = 62300

 

So let competitor = y

 

=> y+23%y = 62300 => 1.23y = 62300 => y = 50650