A one quart container of oil costs 89¢. A case of 12 containers costs $8.64. How much is saved per container by buying the oil by the case? This was on my homework. Super confused!

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Max Schaefer

11 December, 02:56

A one quart container of oil costs 89¢. A case of 12 containers costs $8.64. How much is saved per container by buying the oil by the case? This was on my homework. Super confused!

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Anne Carlson · Answer 1

Okay. So, we are talking about 89¢ per container as singles. There is a case of 12 for $8.64. To find the unit price per container for that, we can divide the price by the number of containers. 8.64/12 is 0.72. That's 72¢ per container by the case. That's cheaper than buying it by a single. Let's subtract. 89 - 72 is 17. There. 17¢ per container is saved by buying the oil case.