SOLUTION: A company's new printer can print checks three times faster than its old printer.
with both printers operating ,the checks can be printed in 6 minutes. how long would it take to p
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Question 322915: A company's new printer can print checks three times faster than its old printer.
with both printers operating ,the checks can be printed in 6 minutes. how long would it take to print the checks with the new printer only ? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the old printer's speed be x checks
1/x of the check it does it 1 minute
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new printer will print at 3x checks
1/3x checks it prints in 1 minute
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both print in 6 minutes
So 1/6 of the job they do in 1 minute
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1/x + 1/3x = 1/6
3+1 /3x= 1/6
6*4=3x
3x=24
x= 8 checks by the old printer
