A long year-end status report for work is 81 pages long. You need to print 12 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 $3.96 each. Give your answer to the nearest cent, only for the paper you use (partial reams are OK)

770cents

Step-by-step explanation:

If a report is 81 pages long, 12 copies will be (81 * 12)pages long

12copies = 972 pages long

If 500 pages costs $3.96 each

972 pages will cost $x

Cross multiply

500x = 972 * 3.96

500x = 3,849.12

x = 3,849.12/500

x = 7.69824

Hence the cost of the reports is $7.69824

Convert to cents;

$1 = 100cents

$7.69824 = y

y = 7.69824 * 100

y = 769.824 cents

y ≈ 770 cents (to the nearest cent.)

Hence the paper is going to cost 770cents (to the nearest cent)