Question

A business assistant must leave more than $50 in the supply account. There is $200 in the account. The assistant needs to order x boxes of pens that cost $10.50 each.

What is the maximum number of boxes of pens the business assistant can buy?

Answer 1

You could order 14 boxes as that would leave you with 147 dollars spent.

Explanation:

10.50*14= 14

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Answer 2

There is 200 in the account and they need to leave 50.

This means they can spend a maximum of 150 on boxes ( 200-50=150)

Divide the 150 by the price of a box to get number of boxes they can buy:

150 / 10.50 = 14.28

Since they can’t buy a part of a box they can buy 14 boxes.