Given that a printer prints 5 pages less in the second minute to what it prints in the first minute. Given that it prints 77 pages in two minutes, how many pages does it print in the first minute?

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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

X=41.

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Given that a printer prints 5 pages less in the second minute to what it prints in the first minute. Given that it prints 77 pages in two minutes, how many pages does it print in the first minute?

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 X=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

X=41.