A long year-end status report for work is 128 pages long. You need to print 15 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams ( 500 pages) for \( \$ 3.30 \) each. Give your answer to the nearest cent, only for the paper you use (partial reams are OK) Check Answer

First, let's calculate the total number of pages you need to print: 128 pages per report multiplied by 15 copies equals 1,920 pages. To find out how many reams of paper you need, divide the total pages by the number of pages per ream: 1,920 pages divided by 500 pages per ream equals 3.84 reams. Since you can't buy a fraction of a ream as a whole, you still need 3.84 reams. Next, multiply the number of reams by the cost per ream: \( 3.84 \times 3.30 = 12.672 \). Therefore, the total cost for the paper will be approximately \( \$12.67 \). There you have it, time to print those reports without breaking the bank!