Question

A dozen apples costs $2.35. At this rate, how much would 5 apples cost?

Answer 1

0.95 is your answer

Explanation:

Answer 2

$.98

Explanation:

so if a dozen apples cost $2.35 that can be represented by the equation 12x=2.35

so solve that for x because that is the price of a single apple

so then if you just leave it because it is a weird decimal then x times 5(to figure out how much 5 apples cost) is

(2.35/12) * 5 = 47/48 or about $.98

so five apples cost $.98