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Example 5.66 from Prealgebra, 5.6 Ratios and Rate
The grocery store charges for a case of bottles of water. What is the unit price?
Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.
What are we asked to find? We are asked to find the unit price, which is the price per bottle.
| Write as a rate. | |
| Divide to find the unit price. | |
| Round the result to the nearest penny. |
The unit price is approximately per bottle. Each bottle costs about
The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.
Find the unit price. Round your answer to the nearest cent if necessary.
of juice boxes for
How did it go?