Question

Edwin is selling 5 candy bars for $6. what if 5 was 1 and 353.

Answer 1

Given,

The price of 5 candies is $6.

That is, the total number of candies, N=5

The total price of candies, P=$6

To calculate the price of one candy, we have to divide the total price of candies by the number of candies.

Thus the price of one candy is given by,

`\text{price of one candy}=(P)/(N)`

Thus,

`\begin{gathered} \text{price of one candy}=(6)/(5) \\ =1.2 \end{gathered}`

Thus the price of 1 candy is $1.2

Given, N₂=353

To calculate the price of 353 candies, we have to multiply the price of one candy by the total number of candies.

Therefore the price of 353 candies is given by,

`\text{Price of 353 candies}=price\text{ of one candy}*353`

On substituting the known values,

`\begin{gathered} \text{Price of 353 candies}=1.2*353 \\ =423.6 \end{gathered}`

Thus the price of 353 candies is $423.6