ShaNey saw that the campus bookstore is having a special on pads of computation paper normally priced at $3.75 a pad, now on sale for $3.50 a pad. This sale is unusual and ShaNey assumes the paper will not be put on sale again. On the other hand, she expects that there will be no increase in the $3.75 regular price, even though the inflation rate is 0.75% every 3 months. ShaNey believes that competition in the paper industry will keep wholesale and retail prices constant. She uses a pad of computation paper every 3 months. ShaNey considers 9% a suitable minimum attractive rate of return. ShaNey will buy one pad of paper for her immediate needs. How many extra pads of computation paper should she buy?

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ShaNey saw that the campus bookstore is having a special on pads of computation paper normally priced at $3.75 a pad, now on sale for $3.50 a pad. This sale is unusual and ShaNey assumes the paper will not be put on sale again. On the other hand, she expects that there will be no increase in the $3.75 regular price, even though the inflation rate is 0.75% every 3 months. ShaNey believes that competition in the paper industry will keep wholesale and retail prices constant. She uses a pad of computation paper every 3 months. ShaNey considers 9% a suitable minimum attractive rate of return. ShaNey will buy one pad of paper for her immediate needs. How many extra pads of computation paper should she buy? 

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