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Jack bought 4 bagels for 3.00. how many bagels can he buy for 4.50?

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He can buy six




Explanation :

Find the unit price of one bagel which is
3.00 divided by 4 and you get 0.75
4.50 divided by 0.75 is 6
User Senthilnathan
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Answer:

The answer is

6 bagels

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem we use ratio and proportion

From the question

He used 3.00 to buy 4 bagels

Then 4.50 will be


(4.5 * 4)/(3) \\ = (18)/(3)

We have the final answer as

6 bagels

Hope this helps you

User Aerik
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