Question

Thomas works for a company that occupies a large campus. Every workday, he orders a cup of coffee on campus, and the $1.50 cost is automatically deducted from his paycheck. If Thomas visits the coffee shop 13 times, what will the net change in his paycheck be?

Answer 1

net change in his paycheck will be -$19.50.

Answer 2

When Thomas visits the coffee shop 13 times than the change in his paycheck be is $19.5 .

Explanation:

As given

Thomas works for a company that occupies a large campus.

Every workday, he orders a cup of coffee on campus, and the $1.50 cost is automatically deducted from his paycheck.

If Thomas visits the coffee shop 13 times .

Thus

Net change in Thomas paycheck = 13 × Cost per deduction from paycheck

Put all the values in the above

Net change in Thomas paycheck = 13 × 1.50

= $ 19.5

Therefore when Thomas visits the coffee shop 13 times than the change in his paycheck be is $19.5 .