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A long year-end status report for work is 144 pages long. You need to print 16 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams (500 pages) for $3.54 each.

Give your answer to the nearest cent, only for the paper you use (partial reams are OK)
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Answer 1

Answer: The paper going to cost $16.31 for those reports.

Explanation:

Given, the length of a long year-end status report for work = 144

If we ned to print 16 copies for a meeting next week, the total number of pages required = 16 *144

= 2304

Since, the paper is sold in reams of 500 pages = $3.54

Then, cost of one page = (Cost of a ream of 500 pages) ÷ 500

= $3.54 ÷ 500

= $ 0.00708

Cost of total number of pages required = 2304x (cost of one page)

= 2304 x ($ 0.00708)

= $ 16.31232 ≈ $16.31

Hence, the paper going to cost $16.31 for those reports.