Answer:
Let's first calculate the cost of one burger and one burger bun:
- One pack of 8 burgers costs £3.50, so each burger costs £3.50/8 = £0.44.
- One pack of 14 burger buns costs £0.95, so each bun costs £0.95/14 ≈ £0.0679, which we'll round to £0.07.
To have an equal number of burgers and buns, we need to find the common multiple of 8 and 14. The least common multiple of 8 and 14 is 56.
So, we need to buy 56/8 = 7 packs of burgers and 56/14 = 4 packs of burger buns. However, this means we'll have 7 leftover buns, so we need to buy an extra burger bun pack to have an equal number of buns and burgers.
Therefore, Paul needs to buy:
- 7 packs of burgers, costing 7 x £3.50 = £24.50
- 5 packs of burger buns, costing 5 x £0.95 = £4.75
The total cost would be £24.50 + £4.75 = £29.25.
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