The tables below show running hours of three printers that produce greeting cards and the total number of greeting cards produced over three weeks.

Printer B uses $15 in ink every hour. What is the ink cost for each card coming from printer B?

A. $0.30
B. $0.50
C. $1.00
D. $1.50

The tables below show running hours of three printers that produce greeting cards and the total number of greeting cards produced over three weeks Printer B use class=

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ANSWER

The correct answer is A


EXPLANATION



To find the ink cost of each card coming from printer  B, we need to find the total cost from printer B and the total number of cards printed by Printer B.


The total hours of all the three printers over the three weeks

[tex]=40+45+55+50+50+30+45+40+60=415[/tex]


The total hours of printer B only

[tex]=50+50+30=130[/tex]


Total number of cards produced over the three weeks


[tex]=7950+7800+9600=25350[/tex]


We can use ratio and proportion to determine the total cards produce by printer B only.


[tex]415:25350[/tex]


[tex]130:x[/tex]


If less, more divides


[tex]x=\frac{130\times 25350}{415} \approx7941[/tex]


Total cost of Printer B in 130 hours

$[tex]=130 \times 15=1950[/tex]


The ink cost

[tex]=\frac{1950}{7941}[/tex]


[tex]=0.2456[/tex]


$[tex]\approx 0.30[/tex]

to 2 decimal places

Answer:

The correct answer is B. $0.50

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