Question

A long year end status report for work is 136 pages long. You need to print 19 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams (500 pages) for $3.80 each. Give your answer to the nearest cent, only for the paper you use.

Answer 1

$19.60

Explanation:

Given data

number of pages= 136 pages

number of copies = 19 copies

Hence 19 copies make a total of = 136*19

=2584 pages

hence if 500 pages cost $3.80

then 2584 pages will cost x

cross multiply

500x= 2584*3.8

500x=9819.2

Divide both sides by 500

x= 9819.2/500

x= 19.6384

x=$19.60

It will cost $19.60