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

$43.75
$43.75

$450.00

1 answer

To find out how much it will cost Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks, we can use the equation:

\[ 1.25p + 2.50n \]

where:

  • \( p \) is the number of packs of paper,
  • \( n \) is the number of notebooks.

Plugging in the values \( p = 10 \) and \( n = 30 \):

\[ 1.25(10) + 2.50(30) \]

Calculating each part:

  1. \( 1.25 \times 10 = 12.50 \)
  2. \( 2.50 \times 30 = 75.00 \)

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.