Question

A package of 25 wristbands costs $5.25 at this rate what is the cost of 1 wristband in dollars and cents

Answer 1

We know that for $5.25 we can get 25 wristbands. We can write this as:

$\frac{\ 5.25}{25wristbands}$ (i.e. "Five dollars and twenty-five cents per twenty-five wristbands")

To get the cost of one writstband we need to simplify this fraction by division:

$\frac{\ 5.25}{25wristbands} = \frac{\ 0.21}{1 wristband}$ (i.e. "zero dollars and twenty-one cents per one wristband")

From this we see that 1 wristband costs $0.21 or 21cents. 

Answer 2

The cost of 1 wristband in dollars and cents is $ 0.21 or 21 cents.

What is the cost of 1 wristband in dollars and cents?

We can set up a proportion.

Say x exists the cost of 1 wristband:

5.25/25 = x/1

Now, we cross multiply the above equation, and we get

25x = 5.25

x = 5.25/25

Solving for x, we see that x=0.21.

From this, we can estimate that 1 wristband costs $0.21 or 21 cents.

Therefore, the correct answer is $ 0.21 or 21 cents.

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