Given
company ordered 24 cartons of specialty paper the price for a carton of specialty paper is $6.88 & received a discount of $1.75 off each carton.
find out money the company will pay for the paper
To proof
Let the money pay by the company for the paper = x
as given
ordered 24 cartons of specialty paper
price of carton of specialty paper = $6.88
received discount = $1.75
as company received discount than price of carton specialty paper = $6.88 - $ 1.75
= $ 5.13
now the company pay for the 24 cartons of specialty paper = 24×5.13
= $123.12
this value is near about the option first $5× 25 i.e $125
estimate money company will pay for the paper be $5x25
Hence proved
