Question

Jacob wants to buy some apples for a class party. shop a sells apples at $3.99 for 4. shop B sells apples at $4.99 for 5. Jacob does some calculations and decides that the apples at shop a are cheaper. explain if Jacobs reasoning is correct. find the difference in cost of the apples in shop a and shop b.

Answer 1

shop a is not cheaper. in shop a in order to gt 52 apples you would pay 52 dollars, whereas, with shop b you would get 50 for 50.

Explanation: