Question

Mr. Laberie is getting business cards printed. The company that is printing the cards charges $25 to design the card and $0.02 per card printed. How many cards can he get printed if he has a budget of $50? Use proper form for this question. Set up an equation and make sure you define your variable(s).

Answer 1

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a. So the $25 is the one time price to pay and you pay $0.02 per card painted. The equation for this scenario would be this: 25 + 0.02c = 50. The “c” is the amount of cards that are printed.

b. Now, let’s solve. Subtract 25 from both sides to get 0.02c by itself and you get 0.02c = 25. Now, divide each side by 0.02 to isolate the “c”. When you do that, you get c = 1,250. There. Mr. Laberie can get 1,250 cards printed with a budget of $50.