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Lainey bought a set of 20 markers for $6. What is the cost for 1 marker ?

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you would do ...

20 ÷ 6

= $3.33

User LouisB
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You need to find the cost of one marker. You just simply have to divide the money by the number of markers.

6 / 20 = m

m = 0.3
Now to actually make it apply to the problem, you have to make sure there is a zero in the hundredths place.
So it will look like this:

m=0.30$
User Prasanth Regupathy
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