Answer:
Mary has 12 friends, and a total of 13 people including her. Or, she has 25 friends, and a total of 26 people including her.
Step-by-step explanation:
First, we know that 26 is divisible by 1, 2, 13, and 26 because (2x13) and (1x26) both equal 26 but we know that Mary has more than 1 friend and if Mary is also added to the group where the candy is divided, that means that 1 and 2 are both out because Mary has more than 1 friend so 1 cannot be the answer and if Mary has 2 friends, that means that the candy would have to be divided 3 ways which is not possible evenly so the answer is either 12 friends or 25 friends.
For this case what we should do is find the cost per ounce.
For this, we can use the following rule of three:
5 ounces ----------------------> 2.50 $
1 oz ------------------------> x
From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:
Answer:
The unit cost per ounce is given by:
x = 0.5 $ / ounce
