Harper drinks a 1/2 bottle of mineral water per day. She buys the mineral water by the case at a big box store. They come 24 bottles to a case and are currently on sale for $12.00. If she wants to buy enough cases to last her 240 days, how much will she spend? Think carefully first, then make a decision:
She drinks 1 / 2 bottle a day and there are 24 bottles in a case so a case will last 24 / .5 = 48 days. She needs enough to last her 240 days and 1 case will last her 48 days so she needs 240 / 48 = 5 cases. Each case is on sale for $12.00 and she needs 5 cases so that's 12 * 5 = $60.00. So, the answer is 60.