Please hel me to solve the following applications.
Business and finance. A store has T-shirts on sale at 2 for $5.50. At this rate, what
do five T-shirts cost?
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Why not find out what one shirt costs first? Divide $5.50 by 2 and you get $2.75, which is the price for one shirt. Now Take $2.75 times 5 = $13.75.
There is also another way to do this. Take $5.50 times 4 and then add the $2.75 which is half the $5.50. The price comes out the same = $13.75.
To solve this application, you can follow a couple of different methods:
Method 1:
1. Divide $5.50 by 2 to find the price for one T-shirt.
2. $5.50 divided by 2 equals $2.75, which is the price for one shirt.
3. Multiply $2.75 by 5 to find the total cost of five T-shirts.
4. $2.75 multiplied by 5 equals $13.75.
Therefore, five T-shirts will cost $13.75.
Method 2:
1. Multiply $5.50 by 4 to get the total cost of four T-shirts.
2. $5.50 multiplied by 4 equals $22.
3. Add the price of one T-shirt ($2.75) to the total cost of four T-shirts to find the total cost of five T-shirts.
4. $22 + $2.75 equals $24.75.
Therefore, five T-shirts will cost $13.75.
Both methods will give you the same answer, which is $13.75.