A long year-end status report for work is 111 pages long. You need to print 16 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams (500 pages) for $3.88 each.

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A long year-end status report for work is 111 pages long. You need to print 16 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams (500 pages) for $3.88 each.
 
Give your answer to the nearest cent, only for the paper you use (partial reams are OK)

Steve · Answer

111*16 = 1776 pages Looks like 4 reams will do the job. So, how much will that cost? If only paying for the paper used, that would end up as 1776/500 * 3.88