Question

Eight cans of soup cost $12.48. What is the cost of one of the cans?

Answer 1

We are given the cost of soups bought as follows:

$\text{Total cost for soup cans ( C ) = \ 12.48}$

The total number of soup cans bought:

$\text{The number of soup cans bought ( n ) = 8}$

The cost of soup per can be determined from ratio of the total cost to the number of soup cans bought as follows:

$\text{Cost per soup can = }\frac{Total\text{ cost ( C )}}{Number\text{ of cans ( n )}}$

We can plug in the respective quantities in the ratio above and simplify:

$\begin{gathered} \text{Cost per soup can = }\frac{12.48}{8} \\ \text{\textcolor{#FF7968}{Cost per soup can = \ 1.56}} \end{gathered}$

Answer:

$\text{\textcolor{#FF7968}{\ 1.56}}$