Question

ken paid $12 for two magazines. The cost of each magazine was a multiple of $3. What are the possible prices of the magazines?

Answer 1

The possible price of the magazine can be either $ 9 , $ 6 , or $3 First we need to understand the different between a cost and a price. A cost is the amount of money needed to Produce the magazine, while a price is the amount of money that the sellers get when he hand it over to customer since its said the cost is in multiple of $ 3 , the possible price of two magazine would be : $ 9 + $3 = $ 12 $6 + $6 = $ 12 $3 + $ 9 = $ 12