Question

If the cost of corn varies directly with the number of ears purchased, and 6 ears cost 9 dollars, how many ears would cost 162 dollars.

A. 18
B. 243
C. 486
D. 1/3
E. none of these. <--- answer i'm getting

is E the correct answer?

Answer 1

ear dollar
6 9
x 162
cross multiply

Answer 2

that would be
162 x 6 = 9x

Answer 3

i mean\[162 \times 6 = 9x\]

Answer 4

okay and x would be 108?

Answer 5

that's what i got when i did the math, so E is correct then?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

anymore questions?

Answer 8

I made a mistake sorry :)

Answer 9

Yes @ChiefArnav one more!

The roses exceeded the violets by 222. if the number of roses was 60 more than twice the number of violets, how many violets were there?
A. 81
B. 54
C. 162
D. 222
E. none of these.

Answer 10

which i also got E for.

Answer 11

i got 384 more

Answer 12

1. r = # of roses and v = # of violets
r = v + 222
r = 2v + 60
v + 222 =2v + 60
v = 162, r = 384

Answer 13

how did you get E?

Answer 14

anymore questions?

Answer 15

oh i see what i did. i stopped once i got 384.

Answer 16

i didnt finish solving.

Answer 17

nope i think thats all. thank you so much :)

Answer 18

no problem :)