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A wholesale dealer offers 8 lamps for a price of p dollars. Which expression represents the price of a single lamp? A. 8p B. p+8 C. 8/p D. p/8

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User Lisset
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The correct answer is D. p/8 hope this helped. :)


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User Eric Brotto
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Find the "unit cost." Divide the total price paid by the number of units sold:

$p
------------ = $(p/8) / lamp
8 lamps

The unit cost is p/8 dollars per lamp.
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