The difference in unit prices of Jalen's and Tia's juice packs is $0.15
Solution:
Given that,
Jalen bought 24 juice packs for $7.20
Unit price means price per juice pack
Unit price is found by dividing 7.20 by 24
[tex]\text{Cost per juice pack } = \frac{7.20}{24} = 0.3[/tex]
Thus unit price of Jalen is $ 0.3
Tia bought six juice packs for $2.70
Unit price is found by dividing 2.70 by 6
[tex]\text{Cost per juice pack } = \frac{2.70}{6} = 0.45[/tex]
Thus cost per pack of Tia is $ 0.45
Difference in the unit prices of Jalen and Tia juice pack
Difference = $ 0.45 - $ 0.3
Difference = $ 0.15
Thus the difference in unit prices of Jalen's and Tia's juice packs is $0.15
