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Mr. Walker, the contest sponsor, bought toy Wheels in a package of six dozen for $81. what was the unit cost of each wheel?

User Kikou
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Answer:

first find how much a dozen of 6 is, so 6*12=72

next to get the cost of one divide 81/72=$1.125

$1.13

Explanation:

User Dejan Pekter
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Answer:

1.125

Explanation:

the unit cost is how much it cost per wheel

dozen is 12

so 12 times 6 is 72

so then you do 81/72 to get your answer

and you are probably wondering how i got the divison from was because i'm supposed to divide to find a unit cost.

the 81 was the total for the 72 packages of toy wheels

User Andrey Borisko
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