Question

The wholesale price of perfume was 6 dollars and 3 cents. Today a new price increase of 6 cents per bottle was announced. If Janice Reese purchases 6 bottles for her drugstore, what will be her total cost? (Round final answer to nearest cent and be sure to use decimal equivalents in your calculation.)

Answer 1

If Janice bought the bottles of perfume yesterday then her total cost would be as follows.

Each bottle costs 6.03 $

So six bottles cost 6 * 6.03 = 36.18

The cost would have been 36$ and 20 cents

If she bought the bottles today after the increase, then her total cost would be as follows.

Each bottle would now cost 6.03 + 0.06 = 6.09

The price for 6 bottles would be 6.09 * 6 = 36.54

Therefore the cost would be 36 $ and 50 cents