Writing World sells pens with a company's logo printed on the pens. Writing World charges a standard price per box of pens when the customer purchases 200 or fewer boxes. Each box over 200 that the customer purchases is sold at a discounted rate.
A customer purchases x boxes of pens,where x≥200. The average cost of a single box of pens purchased by this customer is represented by 1600+6(x−200)x.
What is the meaning of the parts of this rational expression in the context of the situation?
Select from the drop-down menus to correctly complete each statement.
The numerator of the expression represents the
A) price paid per box of pens
B) total amount paid by customer
C) amount paid for the number of pens over 200
The standard price for the first 200 boxes of pens is
A) $6/box
B) $8/box
C) $24/box
When the customer orders 500 pens, the amount spent on pens offered at the discounted rate is
A) $1200
B) $1600
C) $1800
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