Question

Mr chow is buying rolls of paper for the school. This is a lost of the suppliers, the size of their rolls, and their cost per roll. supplier x sells 25 meter rolls for 18.98, supplier y sells 30 meter rolls for 21.89, supplier z sells 40 meter rolls for 29.59 to the nearest cent what is the cost per meter for a roll of paper from the least expensive supplier

Answer 1

0.73

Explanation:

cost per meter for a roll of paper = total cost / total meter of rolls sold

Supplier x = 18.98 / 25 = 0.76

Supplier y = 21.89 / 30 = 0.73

supplier z = 29.59 / 40 = 0.74

the lowest per unit cost is 0.73