24,521 views
1 vote
1 vote
A company orders 24 boxed lunches from a deli for $177.60. If each boxed lunch costs the same amount, what is the unit cost of each boxed lunch?

User Han Moe Htet
by
2.9k points

2 Answers

19 votes
19 votes
$7.4

you should do $177.60 divided by 24 which should get you to $7.4
User Did
by
3.0k points
14 votes
14 votes

Answer: 7.4

Step-by-step explanation: If you take 177.60 and divide it by 24 you get $7.4 here's how you do it


24√(177.60) \\

177-168= 9

how we get 168 is 24x7

once we add the 60 to the 9 we have 69

and then we do 24x4 which equals 69

so your answer comes out to 7.4

Hope this helped :D

User Ben Creasy
by
3.0k points