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Diane delivers newspapers for $5 a day plus $0.04 per newspaper delivered. Jeremy delivers newspapers for $2 a day plus $0.10 per newspaper delivered. How many newspapers would Diane and Jeremy each need to deliver in order to earn the same amount?

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Answer:

33.33333..... is the answer(not an actual integer)

Step-by-step explanation:

Payment for delivering newspapers per day for Diane= 5 dollars

Price for delivering one newspaper for Diane=0.04 dollar

Payment for delivering newspapers per day for Jeremy= 2 dollars

Price for delivering one newspaper for Jeremy=0.10 dollar

Let the Number of newspapers to be delivered by Diane and Jeremy each so that the amount earned by both is the same be 'x'.

Note:The payment they get per day 5 dollars,2 dollars are there fixed payments whereas 0004 dollar,0.10 dollar were the payment depending on the number of delivery's they make.

Now according to the question,

[tex]5+0.04x=2+0.1x[/tex]

[tex]0.06x=2[/tex]

[tex]x=33.33333.......[/tex]

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