Question

You can buy 5 oranges for $2.00 What is the unit rate for 1 orange?

Answer 1

`$0.4`

Explanation:

`$2.00 = "5 oranges"`

Divide both sides by `color(blue)"5 oranges"`

`($2.00)/"5 oranges" = cancel"5 oranges"/cancel"5 oranges"`

`($0.4)/"1 orange" = 1`

`$0.4 = "1 orange"`