SOLUTION: I am having problems with this word problem. Can you help me? The printer uses 5 reams of paper every 6 weeks. If there are 8 reams of paper for every case, how many weeks will

Question 1066183: I am having problems with this word problem. Can you help me?
The printer uses 5 reams of paper every 6 weeks. If there are 8 reams of paper for every case, how many weeks will it take to go through 3 cases of paper? if I round the answer(which I am asked to do) I come up with 25 weeks but my answer is wrong. Can you help me?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Wikipedia:

      A ream of paper is a quantity of sheets of the same size and quality. International standards organizations 
      define the ream as 500 identical sheets

1.  The rate of consumption the paper by the printer is  of a ream per week.

2.  In total, there are  (8 reams * 3 cases) = 24 reams.

2.  Time =  = 24 reams divide by  reams =  =  =  =   weeks.

3.  Round  to get 29 weeks.

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