Copiers
The new copier is copying a folder of papers 5 minutes faster than the old one. The operator used a new one, but it was out of toner, and the exchange took 5 minutes at that time, copied on the old one. The whole work was done in 9 min. How long would the work be done only by the old copier?
Final Answer:

Tips for related online calculators
Are you looking for help with calculating roots of a quadratic equation?
Check out our ratio calculator.
Do you have a linear equation or system of equations and are looking for a solution? Or do you have a quadratic equation?
Do you want to convert velocity (speed) units?
Do you want to convert time units like minutes to seconds?
Check out our ratio calculator.
Do you have a linear equation or system of equations and are looking for a solution? Or do you have a quadratic equation?
Do you want to convert velocity (speed) units?
Do you want to convert time units like minutes to seconds?
You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:
algebrabasic operations and conceptsUnits of physical quantitiesthemes, topicsGrade of the word problem
Related math problems and questions:
- Three painters
The three painters have painted bridges. The first would work done in 5 days, the second in 6 days, and the third in 7.5 days. How long will the bridge work if they work together? - Bus vs train
Milada took the bus, and the journey took 55 minutes. Jarmila was 1h 20 min by train. They arrived in Prague at the same time, 10h45 min. At what time did each have to go out? - The work
The work was to be done by 150 workers. At the beginning of their work, The company reduced their number by 40, which increased the work time by 5 and 1/3 of the schedule. How long did the work take? - Peter 13
Peter and Paul finished the first round of orders in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Peter, however, works a lot faster than Paul does; Peter is 2 and a half times as fast as Paul. For the second day of shipping orders, peter is unavailable; paul will have to do - Time for the Third Pump
A factory used two pumps to empty a tank. The first pump can empty the tank in 50 minutes, the second in 30 minutes. Both pumps were started simultaneously, but to empty the tank as quickly as possible, a third pump was also started after ten minutes. All - Sparklers
Roman lit his 10 equally-sized sparklers one by one on New Year's Eve. He lit the first one. When only one tenth of it remained, he lit the second one; when only one tenth of that remained, he lit the third, and so on. The sparklers burn at a constant rat - Mass layoffs
The company's new management has announced that mass layoffs will be necessary due to the poor financial situation. It is estimated that the work that 5 employees did will have to be done by 3 employees. What percentage of the company's employees would lo
