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A 2-pound box of spaghetti costs $2.50. Phillip says that the unit cost is 2÷$2.50= $0.80 per pound. Explain his error.

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The issue is that a number can not be divided by a higher number unless it becomes negative, so the point is that there is no way he can devide it like that
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