Question

Alexa has a 177-page document ready to print. The company's printer runs out of paper after the first 4 minutes. Only 72 pages of the document have been printed. Alexa uses this rate to predict the time it will take to print the rest of the document after adding more paper to the printer.

Question
How many minutes will it take the printer to print the rest of the document based on the first 4 minutes? Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Enter the answer in the box.

Answer 1

We can start by finding the printer's rate of printing pages per minute:

72 pages / 4 minutes = 18 pages per minute

Now we can use this rate to predict how long it will take to print the rest of the document:

(177 pages - 72 pages) / (18 pages per minute) = 5.83 minutes

Rounding to the nearest whole number, it will take the printer about 6 minutes to print the rest of the document after adding more paper.