Question

At Grocery Mart, tomatoes are $2.75 per pound, or you can buy a 5

pound box for $11.

a) What is the unit price for the first tomato option?

b) What is the unit price for the second tomato option?

c) Based on price, which is the better value option?

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Answer 1

a) $2.75

b) $2.2

c) Second tomato option is better value option.

Explanation:

First option to buy tomatoes = $2.75 per pound

Second option to buy tomatoes:

To buy a box which is a 5 pound box and the price is $11.

To find:

a) Unit price for the first tomato option.

b) Unit price for the second tomato option.

c) Better value option on the basis of price.

Solution:

Let the consider the unit here to be a pound.

So, we will find the price of tomato per pound to find the unit price of tomato.

a) Unit price of the first tomato option is : $2.75 per pound

b) Unit price of the second tomato option:

Price for 5 pounds = $11

Dividing both sides with 5 to find the price of 1 pound or unit price.

Price for
`(5)/(5)` = 1 pound =
`\frac{\$11}5 = \$2.2`

c) To find the better value option, we can compare the unit prices of the two tomato options.

Here, we have the two tomato options with unit prices as:

$2.75 and $2.2

Second tomato option has a lower unit price, therefore, second option is better value option on the basis of price.