SOLUTION: a photocopier takes 45 minutes to complete 1000 copies of a 1 page document a manager needs 1200 of each three separate 2 page documents how many minutes will it take to complete t

Question 1197963: a photocopier takes 45 minutes to complete 1000 copies of a 1 page document a manager needs 1200 of each three separate 2 page documents how many minutes will it take to complete this number of copies?
please explain steps. thank you.

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, ewatrrr:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if a photocopier takes minutes to complete copies of a page document
rate:

separate page documents have pages in all

if a manager needs of each three separate page documents, he need

how many minutes will it take to complete this number of copies?
multiply by rate

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1200*3*2 = 7200 1 page documents to be copied
how many minutes will it take to complete this number of copies?
(45 minutes to complete 1000 copies of a 1 page )
| cross multiply to solve
1000x = 45*7200
x = (45*7200)/1000 = 324 minutes it will take to complete 7200 copies
checking:
= 7200 Checks

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