SOLUTION: A company needed copy paper for their office. The cost was $52 per box of copy paper. They also had to pay $48 to have it shipped. Write the function for the cost of copy paper per

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Question 1113545: A company needed copy paper for their office. The cost was $52 per box of copy paper. They also had to pay $48 to have it shipped. Write the function for the cost of copy paper per box.
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, greenestamps:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +C+ = total cost to ship +n+
boxes of paper
+C+=+52n+%2B+48+

Answer by greenestamps(13206) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The other tutor showed an expression for the total cost for shipping n boxes of paper -- which is probably what you really wanted.

But what you asked for was an expression for the cost of copy paper per box -- and that was given in the statement of the problem.

Answer: cost of paper per box: $52