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

Question

, Mike paid for buying 8 yards of ribbon.(1 point)
a/8=

Answer 1

To find the amount \( a \) that Mike paid for buying 8 yards of ribbon, we first need to calculate the total cost of the ribbon. The cost per yard is $3.50, and he bought 8 yards.

The equation to represent the total cost \( a \) can be set up as follows:

\[ a = \text{cost per yard} \times \text{number of yards} \] \[ a = 3.50 \times 8 \] Calculating this gives:

\[ a = 28 \]

So, Mike paid $28 for the ribbon.

If you want to express this as \( \frac{a}{8} \):

\[ \frac{a}{8} = \frac{28}{8} \]

Thus, we can complete the equation:

\[ \frac{a}{8} = 3.50 \]

So the final working equation is: \[ \frac{a}{8} = 3.50 \]