Six grapefruits cost $5.34. How much does one grapefruit cost?
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In order to figure this out, we can set up a proportion and simplify using cross multiplication.
cos t 1 u ni t s 1 = cos t 2 u ni t s 2 5.34 6 = x 1 6 ∗ x = 5.34 ∗ 1 6 x = 5.34 x = 0.89
One grapefruit costs 89 cents .
You divide 5.53 by 6 And you'll get .89cents
One grapefruit costs $0.89 (or 89 cents) when six grapefruits cost $5.34. This is calculated by dividing the total cost by the number of grapefruits. Therefore, we get $5.34 divided by 6 equals $0.89.
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