SOLUTION: One machine in a print shop can produce a certain number of pages twice as fast as another machine. Operating together, these machines can produce this number of pages in 8 minutes
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: One machine in a print shop can produce a certain number of pages twice as fast as another machine. Operating together, these machines can produce this number of pages in 8 minutes. How long would it take each machine, working alone, to producing this number of pages?
This question is from textbook Algebra 1
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One machine = 2x
Other machine = x
Equation:
or
(2x+x)=0.125[(2x)(x)]
3x=0.25x^2
0.25x^2-3x=0
times the equation by 4:
x^2-12x=0
Differentate with respect to x
-2x=-12
x=6
Mutliply the results by 2:
2(6)=12
Hence, one machine can produce 12 pages and other can produce 2(12)=24 pages.
Paul.
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