Question

A table showing Ounces, Price per Ounce, and Total Cost. The first row shows Coconut Oil, with the entries, 6, $0.50, and a. The second row shows Beeswax, with the entries 5, $2.00, and b. The last row shows Mixture, with the entries 11, blank, blank.
A homemade lip balm consists of coconut oil and beeswax. Coconut oil costs $0.50 per ounce and beeswax costs $2.00 per ounce. If 6 ounces of coconut oil and 5 ounces of beeswax are used to create the lip balm mixture, which values represent a and b in the table?

a = $

b = $

Answer 1

What are your thoughts on this? What do know already and what are you stuck on?

Answer 2

so i ve edited a table with these given details and now you just need calcule the correct answers

Answer 3

hope this help you understanding more easy and to solve your posted problem correct

any questions ?

Answer 4

@justus

Answer 5

opinion pls

Answer 6

We need to find a (the total cost of coconut oil) and b (the total cost of beeswax).

Answer 7

To find it, simply calculate these numbers:

a = $0.50 x 6 = $__.00
b = $2.00 x 5 = $__.00

Answer 8

ok and what about the price of mixture per ounce and total ?

Answer 9

hmm is it going to be 2.00 * 0.50?

Answer 10

I meant 2.00 + 0.50

Answer 11

yeah but you forgot it and total price

Answer 12

but we can find the total price after the user calculates to get the numbers for a and b because I can't give direct answers

Answer 13

yes of cors

Answer 14

thank you for the medal :)

Answer 15

i think you deserve it

Answer 16

Aww, haha.

Answer 17

aww - what mean ?