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Seth is trying to find the unit price for a package of blank compact discs on sale at 10 for $5.49. Find his mistake and correct it. Here's his math problem - 10/$5.49 =$1.82 each
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Seth is trying to find the unit price for a package of blank compact discs on sale at 10 for $5.49. Find his mistake and correct it.

Here's his math problem - 10/$5.49
=$1.82 each

User Shlomo Zalman Heigh
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The real answer for -10/5.49 is, instead of 1.82, it's actually -1.82!!
User John Lewis
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He needs to flip the equation. So the real answer is 5.49/10=0.549
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