Answer:
<em><u>If the company offers free coffee for the entire year, it will cost them $15,600.</u></em>
Step-by-step explanation:
We're asked how much it would cost if <u>100</u> employees drink on average <u>1.5 cups of coffee a day</u> for <u>5 days a week all year</u>, with the knowledge that <u>one cup of coffee costs 40 cents</u>.
First, we have to find out how much it would cost for one employee. To do this, you can just <u>multiply 1.5 by 0.40</u>.
1.5 x 0.40 = 0.6, which means that <u><em>the cost for one employee a day is $0.60
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We know that there is going to be 100 employees that drink coffee, to find out how much it would cost for 100 employees a day, we multiply 0.60 by 100.
When multiplying decimals by 10s, <em>you move the decimal point to the right based on how many zeroes there are when you're multiplying</em>.
0.60 x 100 = 60
This means the company has to pay 60 dollars a day if there are 100 employees drinking 1.5 cups on average.
Now, the company is open 5 days a week all year. To find out how many days that is, we multiply how many weeks there are in a year by 5.
52 x 5 = 260
To finally solve the question, we multiply the amount it costs for 100 employees to drink 1.5 cups of coffee by the number of days the company is open:
260 x 60 = $15,600
<u>It will cost the company $15,600 to offer free coffee for the year.</u>
<h2>I hope this helps you!</h2>
