Question

Jasmine is willing to buy 40 pencils at 25 cents apiece. When the price is 10 cents apiece, she is willing to buy 100 pencils. Which statement could be true about Jasmine’s demand for pencils?
None of these statements is likely to be true.

She will buy 20 pencils at 20 cents apiece.

She will buy 80 pencils at 15 cents apiece.

She will buy 100 pencils at 5 cents apiece.

Answer 1

Answer:

None of these statements is likely to be true.

Explanation:

Jasmine is willing to buy 40 pencils at 25 cents a piece. In total, this expense would represent 10 dollars.

25 cents= 0.25 dollars

40*0.25= 10 dollars

If she has 10 dollars to spend, and pencils are 10 cents (0.10 dollars) a piece, she would buy 100 pencils.

10/0.10 = 100

However, none of the other statements would allow her to use exactly 10 dollars to buy pencils.

Answer 2

The answer is She will buy 80 pencils at 15 cents apiece.