Question

the cost of one box of cereal if four boxes cost twelve dollars

Answer 1

If the cost of 4 boxes of cereal is $12, then we can write a relationship to find the cost of 1 box of cereal, like this:

$\begin{gathered} 4b=12 \\ \end{gathered}$

Then, solve the expression for b

$b=\frac{12}{4}$$b=3$