Question

Mr. Khans is buying staplers for his office. Each stapler costs $16.99. Part A: What does his final total cost depend upon? Part B: In this scenario, what is the input? What is the output?

Answer 1

Since each stapler costs 16.99, the total cost is 16.99*x, with x representing the number of staplers bought. This works due to that he adds 16.99 for every stapler and multiplying it adds 16.99 each time he buys a new stapler.

So the answer to this question is 16.99 and his final costs depend on the factor that how many staplers he is buying which is represented with the help of x.

The input will be 16.99 but when there will be an output 16.99 will be subtracted from it as it was the money invested and the remaining amount will be the profit.