Mr. Imani wants to purchase paper and notebooks for his classroom. At Dollar Discount he can buy packs of paper, p , for $1.25 each and notebooks, n , for $2.50 each. This is modeled by 1.25p + 2.50n . Evaluate for p = 10 and n=30 to find how much it will cost Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks. (1 point)

Question

Mr. Imani wants to purchase paper and notebooks for his classroom. At Dollar Discount he can buy packs of paper,  p , for $1.25 each and notebooks,  n , for $2.50 each. This is modeled by  1.25p + 2.50n . Evaluate for  p = 10  and  n=30  to find how much it will cost Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks. (1 point)
Responses

$87.50
$87.50

$62.50
$62.50

$450.00
$450.00

$43.75

GPT-4o mini · Answer

To calculate the total cost for Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks, we can use the formula given:

\[ \text{Cost} = 1.25p + 2.50n \]

where $ p = 10 $ and $ n = 30 $.

Substituting the values into the formula:

\[ \text{Cost} = 1.25(10) + 2.50(30) \]

Calculating each part:

\[ 1.25(10) = 12.50 \]

\[ 2.50(30) = 75.00 \]

Now sum these amounts:

\[ \text{Cost} = 12.50 + 75.00 = 87.50 \]

Therefore, it will cost Mr. Imani $87.50 to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks.

The correct response is:

$87.50