Bone-shaped treats are 5 for $3.50 at Shelley’s store and Sarah wants to buy 12. She set up and solved this proportion to find h

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STatiana [176]

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Bone-shaped treats are 5 for $3.50 at Shelley’s store and Sarah wants to buy 12. She set up and solved this proportion to find h

ow much they would cost. Describe her error and find the correct solution.

Mathematics

3 answers:

MArishka [77] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-10T19:13:10+03:00

Answer:

The total cost will be $8.4

Step-by-step explanation:

To get this response we have to get the price for 1 treat.

If 5 are $3.50 , each one will be Px=$3.50/5. We divide the price of 5 by the quantity

Px=0.7

If we need the price of 12 treats

The total cost will be 0.7 x 12 = $8.4

vovikov84 [41] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-10T17:29:50+03:00

vovikov84 [41]3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Sample response: Sarah multiplied the denominator by the denominator and the numerator by the numerator instead of finding the cross products. The equation should be 5x = 42, so the cost should be $8.40.

Lina_smartkid · Answer 3 · 2023-01-27T19:41:41+03:00

Lina_smartkid3 years ago

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Sarah multiplied the denominator by the denominator and the numerator by the numerator instead of finding the cross products. The equation should be 5x = 42, so the cost should be $8.40.