A company paid $48 for 2 cases of printer paper. Each case contained 12 packages of paper. Next month the company’s office manager needs to order 180 packages of the same paper. If the price per package does not change, what would be the total cost of next month’s order?
*Hint: This is a unit rate question. Find the cost of 1 package first.
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I was wonder Ms. Sue that what is the real answer
To find the cost of each package, we divide the total cost of the 2 cases by the total number of packages.
The company paid $48 for 2 cases of printer paper, so the cost of each case is $48/2 = $24.
Each case contains 12 packages, so the total number of packages is 2 cases × 12 packages/case = 24 packages.
Therefore, the cost of each package is $24 ÷ 24 packages = $1.
Since the price per package does not change, next month's order of 180 packages would cost $1 × 180 packages = $180.
So, the total cost of next month's order would be $180.