Question

The weight of the tea in a box of 100 identical tea bags is x ounces. Which of the followingrepresents the weight in ounces of the tea in 5 tea bags?(a) x/500(b) x20(c) 20/x(c) 20x(e) 500x

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The weight of 100 identical tea bags = x ounces.

This means that:

$\text{The weight of 1 tea bag}=\frac{x}{100}\text{ ounces}$

Thus, the weight in ounces of the tea in 5 tea bags:

$\begin{gathered} =5\times\frac{x}{100} \\ =\frac{5x}{100} \\ =\frac{x}{20} \end{gathered}$

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