Question: 2. There are 2 printers in a library. Printer A prints 60 pages every x minutes. (i) Write down an expression, in terms of x,

2. There are 2 printers in a library. Printer A prints 60 pages every x minutes.

(i) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of pages printed by Printer A in 1 minute.

(ii) Printer B takes 2 minutes longer than Printer A to print 60 pages. Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of pages printed by Printer B in 1 minute.

When both printers are in use, they are able to print a total of 144 pages in 1 minute.

(iii) Write down an equation in x to represent this information and show that it simplifies to 6x+7x-5-0.

(iv) Solve the equation 6x + 7x-5-0.

(v) Hence, find the time taken by Printer B to print 144 pages.

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