Staples Has a Discount on Flash Drives and Boxes of Computer

question 39

Multiple Choice

Staples has a discount on flash drives and boxes of computer paper. It offers flash drives for $6 each and boxes of computer paper for $40 each box. If total sales on these discount items is $4200 for the week, and customers bought 5 times as many flash drives as boxes of computer paper, how many boxes of computer paper were sold?

• A)12
• B)70
• C)60
• D)50
• E)None of these

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