if I am selling 1 widget for $5, 3 for $10, how many widgets would buyer get for $20?

[frask]

Hi everyone,
sorry for asking such a rudimentary question, but I haven't seen the inside of a classroom in almost 40 years & at the moment my brain just won't wrap around the problem.

if I am selling 1 widget for $5, & 3 widgets for $10, how many widgets would the buyer get for $20 & what would be the ratio ( so I can calculate out further )

like I said, for some reason the answer is just escaping me.
thanks,

Frask

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Hi everyone,
sorry for asking such a rudimentary question, but I haven't seen the inside of a classroom in almost 40 years & at the moment my brain just won't wrap around the problem.

if I am selling 1 widget for $5, & 3 widgets for $10, how many widgets would the buyer get for $20 & what would be the ratio ( so I can calculate out further )

like I said, for some reason the answer is just escaping me.
thanks,

Frask

20 = 10 * x ..... (here * indicates multiplication)

x = 20/10 = ?

3 * x = ?

 

[Vanice]

I don't know. But there is a mistake in there I guess.

Hi everyone,
sorry for asking such a rudimentary question, but I haven't seen the inside of a classroom in almost 40 years & at the moment my brain just won't wrap around the problem.

if I am selling 1 widget for $5, & 3 widgets for $10, how many widgets would the buyer get for $20 & what would be the ratio ( so I can calculate out further )

like I said, for some reason the answer is just escaping me.
thanks,

Frask

In your first sentence a widget is $5. The second one a widget is 3/10 of a dime. There a two answers here. If I base on the first you can buy four widgets. If in the second six widgets.