Thompson Alberts purchased a pack of 12 pencils for $4.99. What is the unit price per pencil rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent?

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asked Dec 22, 2018 164k views

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Jeremy John · Answer 1 · 2018-12-27T18:05:34+0000

Answer:

Unit price of a pencil is $0.4

Explanation:

Thompson purchased a pack of 12 pencils for $4.99.

We have to calculate the unit price of price.

We can calculate the unit price of a pencil by dividing the total price of one pack by total number of pencils in a pack.

Unit price of a pencil =
$\frac{\text{Price of a pack}}{\text{Number of pencils in a pack}}$

=
(4.99)/(12)

= $0.4158

≈ $0.4

Therefore, unit price of a pencil is $0.4