SOLUTION: 10. If the total cost of x apples is b cents, what is a general formula for the cost, in cents, of y apples? A. b xy B. x by C. xy b D. by x E. bx y

SOLUTION: 10. If the total cost of x apples is b cents, what is a general formula for the cost, in cents, of y apples? A. b xy B. x by C. xy b D. by x E. bx y

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Question 353893: 10. If the total cost of x apples is b cents, what is a general formula for the cost, in cents,
of y apples?
A. b
xy
B. x
by
C. xy
b
D. by
x
E. bx
y
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If x apples cost b cents, then 1 apple costs cents. Notice how if you multiply by 'x', you get 'b' back again.

So 'y' apples then cost cents.

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