You are planning to purchase ten pencils of type A which cost a total of $14.00 and five pencils of type B which cost $15.00. A) what is the price unit of each type per pencils? B) which is a better buy?

A.1 type A pencil costs $1.40. 1 type B pencil costs $3.00.

B. Type A pencils are a better buy.

Step-by-step explanation:

A.14.0 divided by 10 is 1.4. 15.0 divided by 5 is 3.

B. 10 type b pencils cost $30.00. 10 type a pencils cost less, only $14.00, so it is a better buy. Hope this helped!

for ex: the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3. it is the opposite.

reciprocal definition:

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

the answer is c)8

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