SOLUTION: If garden soil cost r centavos per kilogram, how many kilograms may be brought for $500 a) 50/r b) 50000/r c) r/500 d) 500r e) 500/r

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Question 885835: If garden soil cost r centavos per kilogram, how many kilograms may be brought for $500
a) 50/r
b) 50000/r
c) r/500
d) 500r
e) 500/r
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Comparison of cost to mass would be the same.

Let x = how many kilograms may be bought

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r is an unknown constant. x is an unknown variable to be solved.




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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If garden soil cost r centavos per kilogram, how many kilograms may be brought for $500
a) 50/r
b) 50000/r
c) r/500
d) 500r
e) 500/r


Considering that $500 = 50,000 centavos,  kilograms can be purchased. 

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