A food production company is choosing between two suppliers of grain. Supplier A sells grain for $5.25 per bushel plus a delivery fee of $3 per bushel. Supplier B sells the grain for $6.50 per bushel plus a flat delivery fee of $1,500 each week. Which supplier would cost more if the production company bought 500 bushels of grain each week?

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Carolina Williams

1 May, 15:37

A food production company is choosing between two suppliers of grain. Supplier A sells grain for $5.25 per bushel plus a delivery fee of $3 per bushel. Supplier B sells the grain for $6.50 per bushel plus a flat delivery fee of $1,500 each week. Which supplier would cost more if the production company bought 500 bushels of grain each week?

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Antonio Lin · Answer 1

Supplier A.

Supplier A sells each bushel for $8.25 including the shipping fee. 8.25 times 500 is $4,125.

Supplier B sells each bushel for $6.50, 6.50 times 500 is $3250. But when putting the delivery fee of $1,500, it raises the price to $4,750, which is greater than the price of supplier A.

Lindsay Lloyd · Answer 2

Supplier b would cost more. the delivery fee costs the same for both suppliers but supplier b charges more per bushel.