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The zinc department of a factory occupies 500 square metres more than 2 times the floor space occupied by the copper department. The total floor space is 9500 square metres. Determine the floor space occupied by the cooper department.
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications


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6 years ago
Let the floor space occupied by copper be x.
Floor space occupied by zinc = 2x + 500
Total floor space = x + 2x + 500
∴   x + 2x + 500 = 9500
   3x = 9000
   x = 3000
The floor space occupied by copper is 3000 square metres.
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