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Acme Inc. spent $870 less on postage than on supplies. The ratio of postage costs to supply costs was 2 to 5. How much did Acme spend on postage? Solve this problem using algebra.

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2 to 5 is like 4 to 10    so if you put 10 to 1000 and 4 to 400
                     it will be 400+870=1270
                              the answer is 1270

The amount spent on postage will be 580.

How to calculate the value?

Let P = postage

Let s = supplies

p = s - 870 ,... i

The second equation will be:

2s = 5p .....

Substitute the values

2s = 5p

2s = 5(s - 870)

2s = 5s - 4350

5s - 2s = 4350

3s = 4350.

s = 4350/3

s = 1450

The amount spent on postage will be:

= 1450 - 870

= 580

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