document.write( "Question 34870: Jorge Martinez has budgeted $150 to have business cards printed. A card printer charges $11 to set up each job and an additional $6 per box of 100 cards printed. What is the greatest number of cards Mr. Martinez can have printed? <<
Algebra.Com's Answer #21087 by wuwei96815(245)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The biggest problem with word problems is translating the words into a solvable math problem. Let's try.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "$150 - $11 = $139 = amount of money remaining for printing after the inital set-up\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "$139 divided by $6 = number of 100 card boxes that can be ordered = 23 1/6\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Assuming that the printer will not do partial boxes, the total number of cards is 23 boxes x 100 cards/box = 2300 cards\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My best guess for the answer is 2300 cards printed with $1 left over, unspent. \n" ); document.write( " |