Question

Question

A store is selling ribbon by the yard. Mike bought 8 yards of red ribbon. Each yard cost $3.50. Complete and solve the working equation that represents the amount, a
, Mike paid for buying 8 yards of ribbon.(1 point)
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Answer 1

To determine the amount $a$ that Mike paid for buying 8 yards of ribbon at a cost of $3.50 per yard, we can set up the equation based on the total cost.

The total cost $a$ can be represented as follows:

$$a=\text{(number of yards)}\times \text{(cost per yard)}$$

In this case, Mike bought 8 yards of ribbon at $3.50 per yard:

$$a=8\times 3.50$$

Now, we can complete the equation that has $a/8$:

Starting from $a=8\times 3.50$, we can divide both sides of this equation by 8:

$$\frac{a}{8}=3.50$$

Now we can calculate the total amount $a$:

$$a=8\times 3.50=28$$

So, we can fill in the blanks:

1. For $\frac{a}{8}$: 3.50
2. For $a$: 28 dollars

The completed equation is:

$$\frac{a}{8}=3.50$$ $$a=28\text{ dollars}$$