Answer:
The answer is negative -12.18
Step-by-step explanation:
There are two costs involved:
1) the cost for lunch, which is given as a rate per student: $7.25/student
2) the cost for the trip which is $443.75 to be divided by the 25 students, so it is $443.75 / 25 = $17.75/student
Now, you can add up those two costs per student to have the total cost per student:
$7.25 + $17.75 = $25.00/student
Answer: $25.00
With 10 to the power to a negative number, it's easier.
Here's a trick: The negative number is the places to the right of the decimal. The last number is a 1, while the rest are 0s.
From this, we get: