Question

You can buy 7 pillows at jensen's for the same price that you can buy 6 pillows at harrison's. If one pillow costs $21.21 at harrison's, how much does one pillow cost at jenson's? Use numbers and words to explain your answers.

Answer 1

$21.21 × 6 = $127.26

$127.26 ÷ 7 = $18.18 cost of 1 pillow at Jenson's.

You multiply the cost of the pillow at Harrison's, $21.21, by the amount of pillows you can buy at Harrison's, 6.
Then divide the answer by the amount of pillows you can buy at Jenson's, 7. The final answer is the cost of 1 pillow at Jenson's.

Answer 2

$24.745

Explanation:

Given : You can buy 7 pillows at jensen's for the same price that you can buy 6 pillows at harrison's.

To Find : If one pillow costs $21.21 at harrison's, how much does one pillow cost at jenson's?

Solution :

We are given that you can buy 7 pillows at jensen's for the same price that you can buy 6 pillows at harrison's.

Let the cost of one pillow cost at jenson's be x

So, 7:6::x:21.21

So, ATQ

`(7)/(6)=(x)/(21.21)`

`(7 * 21.21)/(6)=x`

`24.745=x`

Hence the cost of one pillow cost at jenson's is $24.745