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Devon is trying to find the unit price on a 6 pack of energy drink on sale for $2.99. His sister says that at that price each energy drink would cost just over $2.00. Is she is correct and how do you know? If she is not how would Devon's sister find the correct price?

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No, she is incorrect, to find the unit price you would divide the total price by the number of items. In this case 2.99/6 and that would be your unit price, in this case about ¢50.

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For this case, the unit cost can be found through the following relationship:

\(Unit cost = \frac{total Cost}{Number Of Items}\)

Substituting values in the given equation we have:

\(Unit cost = \frac{2.99}{6}\)

\(Unit cost = 0.50\)

We note then that Devon's sister is wrong
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Answer:

Devon's sister is wrong

The correct unit price is:

\(Unit cost = 0.50\)


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