Megan is buying 168 balloons for a large party. At Jamie's Party Store, balloons are sold in packs of 12 and packs of 36. Costs for each pack are shown. 36 $11.88 12 $5.16 How many packs of 12 and 36 balloons should Megan buy from Jamie's Party Store to spend the least amount of money? Megan should buy packs of 36 balloons, and packs of 12 balloons.

$57.84

Step-by-step explanation:

Balloons needed = 168

Cost of 36 balloons per pack = $11.88

Cost of 12 balloons per pack = $5.16

cost per balloon

36 per pack = $11.88 / 36

= $0.33

12 per pack = $5.16 / 12

= $0.43

In order to minimize cost, she should buy as many packs of 36 per pack balloon

36 per pack × 1 pack = 36

36 per pack × 2 packs = 72

36 per pack × 3 packs = 108

36 per pack × 4 packs = 144

36 per pack × 5 packs = 180

The required number of balloons is 168

So, the number of possible 36 packs to buy is 4, that is, 144 balloons

Balloons remaining = 168 - 144

= 24

Possible packs of 12 balloons per pack possible is

12 per pack × 1 pack = 12

12 per pack × 2 packs = 24

Therefore, Megan needs to buy 4 packs of 36 balloons per pack and 2 packs of 12 balloons per pack

Cost of 4 packs of 36 balloons per pack = 4 × $11.88

= $47.52

Cost of 2 packs of 12 balloons per pack = 2 × $5.16

= $10.32

Total cost = $47.52 + $10.32

= $57.84

the correct option is b

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