The price of a computer is $1,000 and the price of a car is $12,000. What is the relative price of a car? What is the relative price of a computer?
What will be an ideal response?
The relative price of a car is $12,000 per car ÷ $1,000 per computer = 12 computers per car. The relative price of a computer is $1,000 per computer ÷ $12,000 per car = 0.083 of a car per computer.
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