The total cost of 12 printers is; $493.41
Cost of first printer; C1 = $54
Cost of second printer is; 95% × 54 = $51.3
Cost of third printer is; 0.95 × 51.3 = $48.735
Cost of fourth printer = 0.95 × 48.735 = $46.298
Now, let us apply same pattern using a calculator for the remaining costs and we will have them as follows;
Total cost of the 12 printers is;
54 + 51.3 + 48.735 + 46.298 + 43.983 + 41.784 + 36.695 + 37.710 + 35.825 + 34.033 + 32.332 + 30.715 = $493.41
Read more about total costs of successive items at; https://brainly.com/question/16082169