At the store, 6 pencils sell for $.99. At this rate what is the cost of 16 pencils?
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How do YOU think you should solve this?
i don't know its confuses me
Set up a proportion like I showed you a few minutes ago.
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1289766842
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1289766842
9.9/6 = x/16
or how would i writea proportion for that?
or how would i writea proportion for that?
Almost right.
0.99/6 = x/16
0.99/6 = x/16