Miguel bought 8 equally priced pens for $3.84.

Question

How much will 15 of these pens cost?

Responses

$10.42
$10.42

$7.20
$7.20

$5.89
$5.89

$2.05
$2.05

Answer 1

To find out how much 15 pens will cost, we first need to determine the price per pen.

Miguel bought 8 pens for $3.84. So, the price per pen is calculated as follows:

\[ \text{Price per pen} = \frac{\text{Total cost}}{\text{Number of pens}} = \frac{3.84}{8} = 0.48 \]

Now that we know each pen costs $0.48, we can calculate the cost for 15 pens:

\[ \text{Cost of 15 pens} = \text{Price per pen} \times \text{Number of pens} = 0.48 \times 15 \]

Calculating that:

\[ 0.48 \times 15 = 7.20 \]

Therefore, the cost of 15 pens will be $7.20.