Question

You sell pies at a farmers' market for $7.50 each. Five people want to share a pie by splitting the cost equally. How much will each of them need to pay to buy a whole pie together?

Answer 1

Each of them need to pay to buy a whole pie together = $1.50

Explanation:

Unit rates defined as the rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 7 feet per second or 9 miles per hour, they are called unit rates.

As per the statement: You sell pies at a farmers' market for $7.50 each.

⇒ Cost of each pie = $7.50

Also, five people want to share a pie by splitting the cost equally.

Number of people = 5

then, by definition of unit rate;

unit rate per people =
`(Cost of whole pie)/(Number of people) = (7.50)/(5) = \$1.50`

Therefore, $1.50 will each of them need to pay to buy a whole pie together.