Question

Marco need to buy some dog food at the nearest store six bags of dog food cost $25.50 how much would Marcos bag of five bags of dog food

Answer 1

Five bags of dog food costs $21.25.

Explanation:

We can solve using proportions.

`(6 \: bags)/(25.50 \: dollars) = (5 \: bags)/(x) \\ \\ (127.5)/(6) = (6x)/(6) \\ \\ 21.25 = x \\ 21.25 \: dollars = x`