A printer prints 5 pages less in the second minute than in the first minute. If it prints 77 pages in two minutes, then how many pages does it print in the first minute?
41
Let the number of pages printed in first minute = x
Number of pages printed in the second minute = x-5
Total number of pages printed in the first two minutes = x + x-5
2x - 5=77
2x = 82
x =41.