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 words. Using the smaller type, a page contains 1,500 words. The article is allotted 16 full pages in the magazine. How many pages must be in the larger type?

Answer 1

The article is allotted 16 full pages in the magazine, so the total number of words that can fit on the 16 pages is 16 x 1,500 = 24,000 words. Since the article is 21,000 words, the remaining 3,000 words must fit on the remaining 3 pages. Since the larger type contains 1,200 words per page, 3 pages in the larger type will fit 3 x 1,200 = 3,600 words. Therefore, 3 pages must be in the larger type.