Amanda bought 4 pairs of jeans for $71.40. How much would she need to pay for 8 pairs of jeans?

 It will cost 142 dollars and 80 cents to buy 8  pairs of jeans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because 8 divided by 2 = 4, we can multiply 71.40 by 2 to get the cost of 8 jeans.

Explanation:

To get this answer, we double the 71.40 to get 142.80

You can think of it like an equation and we multiply both sides by 2

4 jeans = 71.40 dollars

2*(4 jeans) = 2*(71.40 dollars)

8 jeans = 142.80 dollars

Or you could solve it like this

(4 jeans)/(71.40 dollars) = (8 jeans)/(x dollars)

4/71.40 = 8/x

4x = 71.40*8

4x = 571.2

x = 571.2/4

x = 142.80

Yet another way to solve is to first find the unit rate

4 jeans cost 71.40, so that must mean 1 pair of jeans cost 71.40/4 = 17.85 dollars. This is the unit rate since "unit" means "one". It's the price per pair of jeans.

Multiply that by 8 to find out how much 8 pairs will cost, and we get 17.85*8 = 142.80

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