Question

fathi has $1.10 in his printing account. each sheet of paper he uses reduces his printing account balance by $0.25. Fathi wants to print out a PDF document that is 47 pages long. To save paper, he decides to print on both sides of each sheet and to print two pages on each sides of the sheet.

Answer 1

The answer is $-1.90

Answer 2

IF THE question is After Fathi prints, what will be the balance in his printing account?

then it is: $1.9

There are 47 pages.

Printing on both sides would divide the number of pages into half.

47/2 = 23.5

2 pages on each side would mean 4 pages on one sheet. Therefore, the number of pages will be further divided by 2.

23.5/2 = 11.75

There cannot be 11.75 pages so we will round it up to 12 pages.

Each page costs $0.25 so 12 pages will cost:

12 x 0.25 = $3

Faithi has $1.1 so new account balance will be:

1.1 - 3 = $-1.9

Therefore, Fathi's balance in his printing account would be negative $1.9.