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Question

Determining the price of a single pencil based on the quantity and price specified.
Cost of Pencils
Quantity Cost
($)
48 12.00
24 6.00
12 3.00
6 1.50
Determine the cost for 1 pencil.

(1 point)
Responses

$0.25
$0.25

$4.00
$4.00

$9.00
$9.00

$25.00
$25.00
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Answer 1

To find the cost of a single pencil, we can take any of the provided quantities and divide the total cost by that quantity.

Let's use the first entry as an example:

For 48 pencils costing $12.00:

Cost per pencil = Total cost / Quantity = $12.00 / 48 = $0.25

We can also check with the other quantities:

For 24 pencils costing $6.00: Cost per pencil = $6.00 / 24 = $0.25

For 12 pencils costing $3.00: Cost per pencil = $3.00 / 12 = $0.25

For 6 pencils costing $1.50: Cost per pencil = $1.50 / 6 = $0.25

In all cases, the cost per pencil is consistently $0.25.

So, the cost for 1 pencil is $0.25.