Mike is buying a cake pan. Mike can spend up to $30. Mike finds a normal cake pan for $18 that he can use to cook cakes for many occasions. Mike also finds a pumpkin-shaped cake pan for $9.00 that he could use for Halloween cakes. Based on the information given, which cake pan would be the wiser purchase and why?
the pumpkin-shaped pan, because it is more interesting
the normal cake pan, because the quality is better
the normal cake pan, because it has more uses
the pumpkin-shaped pan, because it is half the cost of the normal pan