Question

. 1. Three bags of potato chips cost m cents.

At this rate, what is the cost, in cents, of
one bag of chips?
(A) m +3
(B) 3m
(cm
· 3mm
3M
(E) 3

Answer 1

0.3m to the nearest tenth

Explanation:

We want to find the unit rate of the following cost of bag of potato chips.

If three bags of potato chips cost m cents.

At this same rate, we can find the unit rate by dividing the total cost by the number of bags.

The unit rate is:

`(m)/(3)`

Or

0.33m