SOLUTION: you are the office manager of r a small company. You need to acquire a new copier for the office. You find a suitable one that leases for $250 a month from the copy machine company

Question 65673: you are the office manager of r a small company. You need to acquire a new copier for the office. You find a suitable one that leases for $250 a month from the copy machine company. It costs 2.5 cents per copy to run the machine. You purchases paper for $3.50 a ream (500 sheets). If your copying budget is no more than $950 per month, is this machine a good choice? Write a brief recommendation to the purchasing department. Use equations and inequalitities to explain your recommendation.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
250 = cost/month for copier
3.50/500 = cost of paper per sheet
.025 / sheet = cost to run the machine
x = the number of copies that can be made before budget is exceeded

So, if 21875 sheets are printed the budget is used up.
The expenses besides the $250 rental are
and
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