Question

Question 8 (1 point)

Karen needed to buy clay for a project. If she has $24.00 and it costs $3.38 per
pound, how many pounds can she buy?
09 pounds
8 pounds
7 pounds
6 pounds

Answer 1

Answer: She can buy 7 pounds.

Explanation:

24/3.38 = 7.1

She can buy 7 pounds.

7 * 3.38 = 23.66

Answer 2

Answer: 7 pounds

Explanation:

We can use proportion to solve this problem

$3.38 = 1pound

$24 = x

cross multiply

x × $3.38 = 24

Divide bothside by $3.38

x = 24/$3.38

x = 7.164

x= 7 pounds approximately.