Could anyone help me with this? (A question I've been wondering about.)

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Step-by-step explanation:

Go with division first (PEDMAS/PEMDAS)

3 divided by 1/3 = 9

Then, do the subtraction.

9-9 = 0

Lastly, add the 1 at the end.

0+1=1

I heard this was a famous problem because of the division, but this is what I got.

answer: the price of one pound cabbage = $ 0.8

the point (10,8) represents that the cost of 10 pounds cabbage is $ 8

step-by-step explanation:

since, here is a proportional relation between the number of pounds of cabbage (x) and the price in dollars (y).

therefore, we can write,

⇒ y = k x

where k is the constant of proportionality.

now, point (5,4) is in the line.

thus, it will satisfies the above equation of line.

⇒ 4 = 5 k

⇒ k = 0.8

thus, the equation of the line is,

y = 0.8 x

a) for x = 1,

y = 0.8

therefore, the cost of one pound of cabbage is 0.8 dollars.

b) in the below graph (10,8) represents that the cost of 10 pounds of cabbage is 8 dollars.