Question

A school has $ 15,000 to spend on computer monitors the school plans to purchase 200 monitors for $89 each a teacher completes the calculations below and concludes that the has enough money to buy the monitors 200 times 89 = 200 times 8 + 200 times 9 = 1,600 +1,800 =3,400

Answer 1

They cannot afford the monitors

Explanation:

Given that the cost of a monitor is $89

and the school is willing to buy up to 200 monitors

We can calculate the total cost of all the 200 monitors as

200*89= $17,800

Given that the school only has $ 15,000 to spend on the monitor

they cannot afford the amount as they still have a deficit of $2,800