Question

Six grape fruit cost $5.34. How much does one grape fruit cost????

Answer 1

You divide 5.53 by 6
And you'll get
.89cents

Answer 2

In order to figure this out, we can set up a proportion and simplify using cross multiplication.


`(units_1)/(cost _(1) ) =(units_2)/(cost _(2) ) \\ \\ (6)/(5.34) = (1)/(x) \\ \\ 6*x=5.34*1 \\ \\ 6x=5.34 \\ \\ x=0.89`

One grapefruit costs 89 cents.