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  • 02-01-2019
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A grocery store sells a bag of 5 potatoes for $2. What is the unit cost if each potato in the bag

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agravitch90 agravitch90
  • 02-01-2019

Answer:

Unit cost: $2.50 per potato

Step-by-step explanation:

Set up a proportion:

5 potatoes = x potatoes

2 dollars         1 dollar

cross multiply:

2x = 5


divide by 2 on both sides

x= 5/2 or 2.5

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