SOLUTION: In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using smaller type a page contains 2

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Question 301818: In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using smaller type a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allocated 21 full pages in a magazine. How may pages must be in smaller type?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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Big type=B Small type=S
B=number of big type pages
S=number of small type pages
B+S=21 , B=21-S
1800B+2400S=48000
1800%2821-S%29%2B2400S=48000
37800-1800S%2B2400S=48000
37800%2B600S=48000
600S=48000-37800
600S=10200
S=17