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Bananas are on sale at 8 for $.96. What is the cost of 7 bananas?

Answer 1

7 bananas = $.84 cents

because you take $.96 cents and divide it by 8, which gives you$ .12 cents each per banana. $.12 each x 7 bananas gives you$ .84 for 7 bananas.

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Answer 2

Julia Adams

#$0.84#

You can use the ''unitary method' which means finding the price of #1# banana first;

#8# bananas cost #$0.96# #1# banana costs #0.96 div 8 = $0.12" "larr# this is the unit price

#7# bananas cost #7 xx $0.12 = $0.84#

Or you can use a proportion method by comparing the number of bananas with the price:

#8/0.96 = 7/x" "(larr"number of bananas")/(larr"price")#

#x = (0.96xx7)/8#

#x = $0.84#

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Answer 3

Kennedy Adams

To find the cost of 7 bananas, first, calculate the cost of one banana by dividing the total cost by the number of bananas:

Cost of one banana = $0.96 / 8 =$ 0.12

Then, multiply the cost of one banana by the number of bananas desired:

Cost of 7 bananas = $0.12 * 7 =$ 0.84

So, the cost of 7 bananas is $0.84.

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