Question

Mrs. Duzwell bought a box of 150 pencils for $12.

a.) Name a variable to represent the unit price per pencil.

b.) Using the variable you named in Part A, write a multiplication equation that represents her total purchase.

c.) Solve the equation. What is the unit price per pencil? Question 1 options: Skip Toolbars for .

Answer 1

Answer:

The unit price per pencil is $0.08

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Let's name $x$ the unit price per pencil.

b) Once the box with 150 pencils costs $12, we have that 150 times the unit price per pencil equals $12. That is,

$150\cdot x = 12$

c)Solving the above equation for $x$, we get

$150\cdot x = 12 \Rightarrow x = \frac{12}{150} = \frac{2}{25} = 0.08$

Then the unit price per pencil is $0.08