document.write( "Question 1066183: I am having problems with this word problem. Can you help me?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The printer uses 5 reams of paper every 6 weeks. If there are 8 reams of paper for every case, how many weeks will it take to go through 3 cases of paper? if I round the answer(which I am asked to do) I come up with 25 weeks but my answer is wrong. Can you help me? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "      A ream of paper is a quantity of sheets of the same size and quality. International standards organizations \r\n" );
document.write( "      define the ream as 500 identical sheets\r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  The rate of consumption the paper by the printer is  of a ream per week.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  In total, there are  (8 reams * 3 cases) = 24 reams.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Time =  = 24 reams divide by  reams =  =  =  =   weeks.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.  Round  to get 29 weeks.\r\n" );
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