SOLUTION: can someone solve this and explain ho he she did it printer A prints 8192 character per min and printer B prints 13862 character per min, four character are equal to one word

Question 1038681: can someone solve this and explain ho he she did it

printer A prints 8192 character per min and printer B prints 13862 character per min, four character are equal to one word.
Printer A starts at 7.15 am Printer B starts 7.29 am.
at what time both will have the same number of words printed ?

Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Printer A prints 8192 character/m, printer b prints 13862 character/m. Printer A has a 14 minute head start, so:
8192n+14(8192)=13862n
5670n=114688
n=20.23 minutes
Time equals 7:49.23 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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