SOLUTION: A company sells calculators for $35 each. Businesses must order a minimum of 100 calculators, and they must pay a shipping cost of $50.Which amount of money represents a reasonabl

Question 1132023: A company sells calculators for $35 each. Businesses must order a minimum of 100 calculators, and they must pay a shipping cost of $50.Which amount of money represents a reasonable sum that a business might spend to purchase calculators?
A
$750
B
$1070
C
$2990
D
$3585
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, greenestamps:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Minimum to buy them is $50+3500, the cost of 100 calculators. That is $3550, so D is the best answer.
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The cost of the minimum purchase of 100 calculators is 100 times $35, which is $3500. So none of answers A, B, or C can be the total cost of a purchase.

Add the flat $50 shipping charge to the cost of those 100 calculators, and the total cost is now $3550.

Then one more calculator for $35 brings the total to $3585 -- which is answer D.
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