anetmendoza anetmendoza
  • 03-11-2014
  • Mathematics
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Six grape fruit cost $5.34. How much does one grape fruit cost????

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alexsandrabro alexsandrabro
  • 03-11-2014
You divide 5.53 by 6
And you'll get
.89cents
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iloveonedirection
iloveonedirection iloveonedirection
  • 03-11-2014
In order to figure this out, we can set up a proportion and simplify using cross multiplication.

[tex] \frac{units_1}{cost _{1} } =\frac{units_2}{cost _{2} } \\ \\ \frac{6}{5.34} = \frac{1}{x} \\ \\ 6*x=5.34*1 \\ \\ 6x=5.34 \\ \\ x=0.89[/tex]

One grapefruit costs 89 cents.
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