Question

A wholesale dealer offers 8 lamps for a price of p dollars. Which expression represents the price of a single lamp? A. 8p B. p+8 C. 8/p D. p/8

Answer 1

Find the "unit cost."  Divide the total price paid by the number of units sold:

$p
------------ = $(p/8)  / lamp
8 lamps

The unit cost is p/8 dollars per lamp.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. p/8 hope this helped. :)