In printing an article of 21,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,200 works. Using the smaller type type, a page contains 1,500 words. The article is allotted 16 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in the larger type?

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In printing an article of 21,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type.  Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,200 works.  Using the smaller type type, a page contains 1,500 words.  The article is allotted 16 full pages in a magazine.  How many pages must be in the larger type?

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