Question

Workers at a paper company count the number of boxes of paper in the warehouse each month. In March, there were 25,762 fewer boxes than there were in February. If in January there were 106,341 boxes and February had 32,798 fewer than January, how many boxes were in the warehouse in March?

a) 47,539
b) 48,539
c) 47,631
d) 48,631

Answer 1

After calculating the number of boxes in February by subtracting from January's total, and then subtracting the decrease in March from February's total, it was determined that there should be 47,781 boxes in March, which is not one of the provided options.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many boxes were in the warehouse in March, we need to perform a couple of subtraction operations based on the provided information:

1. First, calculate the number of boxes in February by subtracting the number of boxes February had fewer than January from the total boxes in January: 106,341 boxes in January - 32,798 fewer boxes in February = 73,543 boxes in February.
2. Next, calculate the number of boxes in March by subtracting the number of fewer boxes in March from the total in February: 73,543 boxes in February - 25,762 fewer boxes in March = 47,781 boxes in March.

Therefore, the correct answer is not listed among the options since they do not match the calculated number of 47,781 boxes for March.