Question

The school plans to spend $5000 to order computers for its computer lab. If the school orders 12 computers, each computer costs "c," and there is a flat shipping fee of $200 for all the computers, how much is the price of one computer?

a) $375
b) $400
c) $450
d) $500

Answer 1

The cost of one computer is found by subtracting the shipping fee from the total budget and dividing by the number of computers. The calculated price is $400, making option b) the correct choice.

Step-by-step explanation:

The price of one computer, denoted as 'c', is obtained by subtracting the flat shipping fee from the total budget and then dividing it by the number of computers. First, we remove the shipping fee from the total cost:

$5000 - $200 = $4800
Now, we divide this amount by the number of computers to find 'c':

$4800 / 12 = $400

Therefore, the price of one computer is $400, which corresponds to option b).