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bought a bag of candy for five dollars there were 20 pieces of candy in the bag what is the unit cost of each piece of candy in the bag

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$0.25
Set up your proportion
$ over candy
$5 over 20 candies equals X over 1 candy. 5•1=5 5 divide by 20 = $0.25
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