A contractor purchases 7 dozen pairs of padded work gloves for $103.32. He incorrectly calculates the unit price at $14.76 per p

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A contractor purchases 7 dozen pairs of padded work gloves for $103.32. He incorrectly calculates the unit price at $14.76 per p

air for the expense report. What is the correct unit price? Why is the contractor's unit price incorrect?
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Mathematics

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Anna11 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-28T08:24:52+03:00

Anna11 [10]3 years ago

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Answer:

$1.23 per pair. His answer was incorrect because he tried finding the unit price by dividing 103.32 by 7, and he was wrong because it was 7 DOZEN, so you were supposed to divide by 84 instead of 7.

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Aneli [31] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-28T06:55:46+03:00

Aneli [31]3 years ago

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They didn’t multiply 7 by 12, making it seven dozen