Bone-shaped treats are 5 for $3.50 at Shelley’s store and Sarah wants to buy 12. She set up and solved this proportion to find how much they would cost. Describe her error and find the correct solution.

5
3.5
=
12
x
3.5x = 60
x = $17.14

Question

Bone-shaped treats are 5 for $3.50 at Shelley’s store and Sarah wants to buy 12. She set up and solved this proportion to find how much they would cost. Describe her error and find the correct solution.

5
3.5
  =  
12
x
3.5x  = 60
x  = $17.14

Darkfrver2 · Answer

I just put health in it because it won't let me have multiple questions so this is a question about math not health