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Devon is trying to find the unit price on a pack 6- pack of drinks on sale for $2.99. His sister says that at that price , each drink would be cost just over $2.00. Is she correct , and how do you know? if she is not , how would devon sister find the correct prince

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We need to find the unit cost, for which we can use the following relationship:

Total cost of the 6-pack/Number of drinks = Cost of each drink

2.99/6 = 0.4983 ≈ 0.50

$0.50 < $2.00

She is wrong

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