A long year-end status report for work is 131 pages long. You need to print 13 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 $3.97 each.
131*13/500 = 3.4
so, you will need 4 reams...
131 * 13 = 1,703 copies
(1703 / 500) * 3.97 = $______
To calculate the cost of paper for printing the reports, you need to determine the total number of pages needed and then divide it by the number of pages in one ream of paper.
The total number of pages needed for all the reports is calculated by multiplying the number of copies needed by the length of each report:
Total number of pages = Number of copies needed * Length of each report
Total number of pages = 13 copies * 131 pages
Total number of pages = 1703 pages
Next, you need to calculate the number of reams required:
Number of reams = Total number of pages / Pages per ream
Number of reams = 1703 pages / 500 pages per ream
Number of reams ≈ 3.41 reams
Since you cannot purchase a fraction of a ream, you need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you will need a minimum of 4 reams.
Finally, you can calculate the cost by multiplying the number of reams by the cost per ream:
Cost of paper = Number of reams * Cost per ream
Cost of paper = 4 reams * $3.97 per ream
Cost of paper = $15.88
Therefore, the paper for those reports will cost approximately $15.88.
To determine the cost of paper for printing the 13 copies of the 131-page report, we need to calculate the total number of pages required.
First, we multiply the number of pages in the report by the number of copies needed: 131 pages x 13 copies = 1,703 pages.
Since paper is sold in reams (500 pages) and we have a total of 1,703 pages, we need to calculate the number of reams needed.
Dividing the total number of pages by the number of pages in a ream gives us: 1,703 pages ÷ 500 pages/ream ≈ 3.406 reams.
Since we can't buy a fraction of a ream, we round up the number of reams to the nearest whole number, which is 4.
Finally, to calculate the cost of the paper, we multiply the number of reams by the cost per ream: 4 reams x $3.97/ream = $15.88.
Therefore, the paper cost for printing the 13 copies of the 131-page report will be approximately $15.88.