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L.B. Johnson Middle School held a track and field event during the school year. The chess club sold various drink and snack items for the participants and the audience. Altogether, they sold 486 items that totaled $2,673.
a. If the chess club sold each item for the same price, calculate the price of each item.
b. Explain the value of each digit in your answer to 1(a) using place value terms.

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Answer:

a.$5.5

b.Place value of 5 on the left side of decimal=5

Place value of 5 on right side of decimal=[tex]\frac{5}{10}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that L.B Johnson middle school held a track and field event during the school year.

The chess club sold items=486

Total price of sold items=$2673

a.We have to find the price of each item if the price of each item same.

Price of each item=[tex]\frac{2673}{486}=$5.5[/tex]

Hence, price of each item=$5.5

b.We have to explain the value of each digit in given answer (a).

Place of 5 on the left side of decimal=ones

Place value of 5 on the left side of decimal=5

Place of 5 on the right side of decimal=tenth

Place value of 5 on right side of decimal=[tex]\frac{5}{10}[/tex]

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