Question

Sam has enough money to buy 16 pens at a rate of 15 per pen. If the cost of the pen is increased by 9 how many pens can Sam buy

Answer 1

To find out how many pens Sam can buy when the cost of the pen is increased by 9, divide the total amount of money Sam has by the new price per pen.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many pens Sam can buy when the cost of the pen is increased by 9, we need to divide the amount of money Sam has by the new price per pen.

Let's assume that Sam has enough money to buy 16 pens at a rate of $15 per pen.

So, the total amount of money Sam has is

16 * $15 = $240.

Now, if the cost is increased by 9, the new price per pen becomes

$15 + $9 = $24.

To find out how many pens Sam can buy with $240 at a rate of $24 per pen, we need to divide the total amount of money Sam has by the new price per pen:

$240 ÷ $24 = 10.

Therefore, Sam can buy 10 pens when the cost of the pen is increased by 9.