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Ashley is buying balloons for her little brother's birthday party. She needs to buy 240 balloons lor her brother's birthday. The store sells 3 balloons for $2.00. How much will she spend on 180 balloons?

Answer 1

Nathan Axel

#1# balloon#=$2# #1xx180# balloons #=$2xx180# #180# balloons#=$360#

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Answer 2

Genesis Allen

To find out how much Ashley will spend on 180 balloons, we can use a proportion to calculate the cost:

[ \text{Cost for 3 balloons} : \text{Cost for 180 balloons} = 3 : 180 ]

Given that 3 balloons cost $2.00, we can set up the proportion:

[ \frac{2.00}{3} = \frac{x}{180} ]

Solving for ( x ), which represents the cost for 180 balloons:

[ x = \frac{2.00 \times 180}{3} = 120.00 ]

So, Ashley will spend $120.00 on 180 balloons.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.