Question

A clinic purchased 8 dozen boxes of tissues. The total purchase cost was $198. How much did 12 boxes tissue cost?

Answer 1

Given,

The cost of 8 dozen boxes of tissue is $198.

As known that,

The are 12 boxes in one dozen.

`8\text{dozen boxes=12}*8\text{ =96 boxes}`

There are total 196 boxes of cost $198.

The cost of 12 boxes of tissue is,

`\cos t\text{ of 12 box =}(198)/(96)*12=24.75`

Hence, the cost of 12 boxes is $24.75.