Question

Suppose that 11 inches of wire costs 55 cents how many inches of wire can be bought for 25 cents

Answer 1

5 inches of wire cost 25 cents!

Answer 2

5 inches of wire costs 25 cents.

Explanation:

To answer this question, we want to find the unit price per inch of wire. Therefore, we need to divide the cost of the 11 inches (55) by the length of the wire (11):

55 / 11 = 5

So, 1 inch of wire costs 5 cents.

Now, to see how many inches can be bought with 25 cents, multiply 5 times both the 1 inch and 5 cents, which are the unit price to get:

5 inches of wire costs 25 cents.

Hope this helps :)