Use the table to answer the question.
Cost of Pencils
Quantity Cost ($)
48 12.00
24 6.00
12 3.00
6 1.50
Determine the cost for 1 pencil.
$4.00
$9.00
$25.00
$0.25
To determine the cost for 1 pencil, we need to find the relationship between the quantity and cost.
From the given table, we can see that when the quantity is 48, the cost is $12.00.
So, to find the cost for 1 pencil, we can set up a proportion:
48 pencils / $12.00 = 1 pencil / x
Cross multiplying, we get:
48 * x = 12 * 1
48x = 12
x = 12/48
x = 0.25
Therefore, the cost for 1 pencil is $0.25.
To determine the cost for 1 pencil, we need to find the cost per pencil from the given table.
By looking at the Quantity column, we can see that the number of pencils decreases as the quantity decreases. Similarly, the cost decreases as the quantity decreases. This indicates that the cost and quantity have an inverse relationship.
To find the cost per pencil, we can divide the cost by the quantity:
For 48 pencils: 12.00 / 48 = $0.25 per pencil
For 24 pencils: 6.00 / 24 = $0.25 per pencil
For 12 pencils: 3.00 / 12 = $0.25 per pencil
For 6 pencils: 1.50 / 6 = $0.25 per pencil
Hence, the cost for 1 pencil is $0.25. Therefore, option D, $0.25, is the correct answer.
To determine the cost for 1 pencil, we can divide the cost by the quantity.
Given that the cost for 6 pencils is $1.50, we can set up a proportion to find the cost for 1 pencil.
Let x be the cost for 1 pencil.
We have the proportion:
6 pencils / $1.50 = 1 pencil / x
To solve for x, we can cross multiply:
6x = 1.5 * 1
6x = 1.5
Now we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 6:
x = 1.5 / 6
x = $0.25
Therefore, the cost for 1 pencil is $0.25.