A company needs to package 7,560 beads. A wooden container shaped like a rectangular prism can hold 180 beads. A plastic cylindrical container can hold 126 beads. The wooden container costs the company $0.70, while the plastic container costs $0.40.

Which container should the company use to minimize cost? Explain.

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Baron Coffey

8 October, 13:10

A company needs to package 7,560 beads. A wooden container shaped like a rectangular prism can hold 180 beads. A plastic cylindrical container can hold 126 beads. The wooden container costs the company $0.70, while the plastic container costs $0.40.

Which container should the company use to minimize cost? Explain.

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Will Baker · Answer 1

For the wooden box, if you do 7560 : 180 you get 42. that's how many boxes you would need. multiply 42 by the cost of the wooden boxes: 42 * 0.70 you get 29.40 dollars

for the plastic container, do 7560 : 126 which equals 60, the amount of plastic containers you would need. multiply 60 by the plastic containers cost: 60*40 = 24 dollars.

to save money, the company should use the plastic containers because it costs less than the wooden ones.