Question

Jason eats 10 ounces of candy in 5 days.

a. How many pounds does he eat per day? (Recall: 16 ounces = 1 pound)
b. How long will it take Jason to eat 1 pound of candy?

Answer 1

a). 0.125 pounds

b). 8 days

Explanation:

a). How many pounds he eats in a day

If Jason eat 10 ounces in 5 days, then to get the amount of ounces he eats in one day, we take (10 ounces×1 day)/5 days=2 ounces

Since 16 ounces=1 pound, then expressing 2 ounces in form of pound we get= (2×1)/16=0.125 pounds

b)How long it will take to eat 1 pound

Since he takes 1 day to eat 0.125 pounds of candy, then in order to eat 1 pound we will have; (1 pound×1 day)/0.125 pounds=8 days

Answer 2

a) 0,125 pounds/day

b) 8 days to eat one pound

Explanation:

If Jason eats 10 ounces of candy in 5 days it meas that he eats 2 onces in a day

Then 16 ounces = 1 pound

2 ounces ⇒ x

x = 2/16 ⇒ x =1/8 ⇒ x = 0,125 pounds per day

Now he eats 2 ounces per day to eats 1 poun (16 ounces) he needs 8 days