Question

You are planning a party. Your friend tells you she paid $17.50 for five party grab bags. How much will it cost if you to buy eight grab bags for your party? WRITE the proportion.

Answer 1

To find out how much it will cost to buy eight grab bags for your party, you can set up a proportion using the information given. Your friend paid $17.50 for five grab bags, so the cost of one grab bag is $3.50. By setting up and solving the proportion, you can find that the cost of eight grab bags will be $28.00.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much it will cost to buy eight grab bags for your party, we can set up a proportion using the information given. Your friend paid $17.50 for five grab bags, so the cost of one grab bag is $17.50 divided by 5, which is $3.50. Now we can write the proportion:

Cost of 8 grab bags / Cost of 1 grab bag = 8 / 1

Let's solve for the cost of 8 grab bags:

(Cost of 8 grab bags) / ($3.50) = 8 / 1

Cross-multiplying, we get:

Cost of 8 grab bags = ($3.50) * (8 / 1)

Simplifying, we find that the cost of 8 grab bags will be $28.00.