Question

5000 staples weight 15 oz. how much does one staple weigh?

Answer 1

`(15)/(5000) = 0.003`

Answer 2

we have been asked to find how much does one staple weigh?

we are given that 5000 staples weight 15 oz.

In unitary method , we divide the price/weight by quantity to know the price/weight of the one quantity.

Using this concept we can write the weight of 1 staples as below

5000 staples weight 15 oz.

1 staple weight
`(15)/(5000)` oz.

1 staple weight
`0.003}` oz.