Question

If you can buy 21 packages of grape tomatoes for 52.50$ then how many can you buy with 17.50$

Answer 1

You can only buy 7 packages. Each package cost $2.50

Explanation:

Alright so the cost of 21 packages of grapes cost $52.50 dollars.

So to get how much 1 package cost you divide 21 into 52.50

so 52.50 divided by 21= 2.5

So each package cost $2.50

So you have $17.50 to spend

so take 2.50 and divided that by 17.50

17.50 divided by 2.5= 7 so you can only by 7 packages for $17.50

Answer 2

Answer: With $17.50 you can buy 7 packs of grape tomatoes.

Step-by-step explanation: For this question you can find the answer by taking 52.50 ÷ 21 which is 2.5 so that packs are $2.50 a pack and then you can either plug in numbers or take 17.50 ÷ 2.5.

Hope this helps.