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An 8- pound bag of apples costs $17.50.What is the unit price?

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It doesnt tell us how many apples there are to a pound, so presumably it is asking for a price for pound, which would be 17.50 divided by 8, or 2.1875 per pound. However, since we are talking money here, the correct answer would be $2.19
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