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

$43.75
$43.75

$62.50
$62.50

$450.00

1 answer

To find the total cost for Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks, we can substitute \( p = 10 \) and \( n = 30 \) into the expression \( 1.25p + 2.50n \).

Let's calculate:

\[ 1.25p + 2.50n = 1.25(10) + 2.50(30) \]

Calculating each term:

\[ 1.25(10) = 12.50 \] \[ 2.50(30) = 75.00 \]

Now add these two amounts together:

\[ 12.50 + 75.00 = 87.50 \]

Therefore, the total cost for Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks is $87.50.