Question

Cost of five lemons is $2.

What is the cost per lemon?
Answer: $
per lemon
Part B
At this rate, what is the cost of 9 lemons?

Answer 1

Part a: $0.40 per lemon, Part b: $3.60

Explanation:

Because the cost of five lemons is $2, it would be: 5 lemon = $2

$2/5 lemons = $x/1 lemon

so divide by 5 on the numerator and denominator. 2 divided by 5 = 0.4

So part a: 40 cents or $0.40 per lemon!

Part B:

cost of 1 lemon compared to 9 lemons:

$0.40/1 = x/9

Multiply both numerator and denominator by 9

So, it costs $3.60 for 9 lemons.