Question

The equation y = 14x represents the number of pages Printer A can print over time, where y is the number of pages and x is time in minutes. This table shows the number of pages Printer B can print over time.

How many pages does each printer print per minute, and which printer prints at a faster rate?

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Printer A prints pages per minute. Printer B prints pages per minute. The printer that prints at a faster rate is Printer .

Printer B
Time (min) Pages Printed
3 48
5 80
8 128
12 192

Answer 1

Do you have a picture of the table for printer B?

Answer 2

Answer: Printer A prints 14 pages per minute and printer B prints 16 pages per minute.

The printer that prints at a faster rate is Printer B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to answer this question, first we have to analyze the equation given for printer A:

y = 14 x

Since y is the number of pages and x is time in minutes, 14 is the number of pages printed per minute.  

If we use the equation to calculate the number of pages printed in 1 minute:

y = 14 (1)

y =14

A = 14 per minute

For B, we simply divide the number of pages printed by the time in minutes:

B = 48/3 =16 per minute

All the values give the same result.

So, printer A prints 14 pages per minute and printer B prints 16 pages per minute.

The printer that prints at a faster rate is Printer B.