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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?


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30

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22

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C

41

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40

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Solution

The correct option is C

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.


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