Question

Mrs. Guerin needs to purchase 35 pieces of poster board for her art class. She spends a total of $27.30. Which equation can be used to find the cost of each piece of poster board, x ?

Answer 1

Answer: Each piece of poster board with be 0.78 cents each.

Step-by-step explanation: In order to find x, you need to figure out why 35 pieces of poster boards came up to a total of $27.30.

You will divide in this situation. If you divide $27.30 by 35 poster boards, you should get 0.78 as the result, representing the cost of each poster board.