SOLUTION: Your departmetn sends its copying to the photocopy service down the street. The service bills your department $0.08 per page. Your department is considering purchasing a copier f

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Question 236499: Your departmetn sends its copying to the photocopy service down the street. The service bills your department $0.08 per page. Your department is considering purchasing a copier for $1750. The expense per page with the copier would be $0.03. If the expected life of the copier is 6 years, how many copies must the department make in the 4-year period in order for purchasing the copier to be more economical than using the photocopy service?
a. Write an inequality to describe the situation
b. Solve the inequality
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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.08x>=1750+.03x
.05x>=1750
x>=35,000 copies