Question

8 cupcakes cost $32. What is the unit cost per cupcake?

Answer 1

Answer:  $4 per cupcake

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Explanation:

The "per cupcake" means "for each cupcake" or "for 1 cupcake".

To get that initial "8 cupcakes" into "1 cupcake", we divide both given values by 8

• 8/8 = 1
• 32/8 = 4

The ratio 8 cupcakes : $32 then becomes 1 cupcake : 4 dollars

In other words, the unit cost is 4 dollars per cupcake.

Answer 2

$0.25

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