SOLUTION: A copy center offers its customers two different pricing plans for black and white photocopies of 8.5 in. by 11 in. pages. Customers can either pay 8 cents per page or 7.50 for a d

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Question 232698: A copy center offers its customers two different pricing plans for black and white photocopies of 8.5 in. by 11 in. pages. Customers can either pay 8 cents per page or 7.50 for a discount card the lowers the cost to 5 cents per page. Write and solve an equation to find the number of photocopies for which the cost of each plan is the same.
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.08x=7.5+.05x
.03x=7.5
x=250 copies

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