SOLUTION: Suppose you have 60� and a 2 cm by 3 cm picture of a building that you want to enlarge as much as possible. Copies on a photocopy machine cost 10� and the machine can enlarge any i

Question 297316: Suppose you have 60� and a 2 cm by 3 cm picture of a building that you want to enlarge as much as possible. Copies on a photocopy machine cost 10� and the machine can enlarge any image put through it to 120% of its original size. How large a picture of the building can you obtain? Thanks.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You start with a and can enlarge times.
You have $0.60 and each enlargement cost $0.10.

You can do enlargements.
First enlargement:
Second enlargement:
You can see from above that the sixth enlargement will give you a size of

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