If one store sells 12 pens for $9.00 and another sells 10 pens for $7.80, which is the better deal? If you have to buy 120 pens, how much will you save by using the less expensive supplier? Compare prices per pen

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Ariana Stark

Mathematics

9 November, 19:08

If one store sells 12 pens for $9.00 and another sells 10 pens for $7.80, which is the better deal? If you have to buy 120 pens, how much will you save by using the less expensive supplier? Compare prices per pen

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Harper Andersen · Answer 1

Hi there!

Shop 1.

12 pens equals $9.00

1 pen equals $9.00 / 12 = $0.75

120 pens equals $0.75 * 120 = $90.00

Shop 2.

10 pens equals $7.80

1 pen equals $7.80 / 10 = $0.78

120 pens equals $0.78 * 120 = $93.60

Therefore shop 1 is the cheapest shop and offers the best deal. When buying 120 pens the second shop is $3.60 more expensive.