Answer:
<em>The cost of 15 potatoes is $7.50</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
The potatoes are sold at a rate of $0.5 per potato.
1. Given Amanda can only spend $5 on potatoes at that price, she can buy at most $5 / 0.5 = 10 potatoes.
Amanda can buy at most 10 potatoes
2. Sam wants to buy 15 potatoes at that very same price. The cost of 15 potatoes is:
15 * $0.5 = $7.50
The cost of 15 potatoes is $7.50
-120
Explanation : When you multiply a negative with a positive number it equals a negative number . That’s why it is a -120 instead of a positive 120 .
-24
*5
____
-120
