Calvin was at his local grocery store, and saw that they had gummy worms for sale. To satisfy his foreseeable sugar craving, he bought 72 bags of gummy worms. Upon exiting the store, he noticed the the ink on the receipt was smudged, and he could see the price as $_3.4_. What is the price (in cents) of 1 bag of gummy worms?
1$ = 100 cents
Calvin bought 72 bags,
72x=_34_ cents, where x is the cost of one bag of gummy worms.
By trial and error method,
72*102= 7344
Hence one bag of gummy worms cost 102 cents
To find the price of one bag of gummy worms in cents, we need to determine the missing digits in the price on the receipt. Given that Calvin bought 72 bags of gummy worms, we can divide the total price by 72 to find the price of a single bag.
Let's solve it step by step:
1. We know that Calvin bought 72 bags of gummy worms and the total price is $3.4_.
2. To find the price of one bag, we divide the total price ($3.4_) by the number of bags (72).
$3.4_ ÷ 72 = $0.0_
3. Now, we need to convert dollars into cents. Since there are 100 cents in one dollar, we multiply the remaining dollars ($0.0_) by 100:
$0.0_ × 100 = 0_
Therefore, the price of one bag of gummy worms is 0_ cents.
Please note that since the exact price of each bag is not given, the missing digits cannot be determined without more information from the smudged receipt.