Question

At the neighborhood grocery, 4.5 pounds of steak cost $47.25. How much would it

cost to buy 4.04 pounds of steak?

Help pls, otherwise I’ll fail ;-;

Answer 1

Here,

At the neighborhood grocery,

4.5 pounds of steak cost= $47.25

So,1 pounds of steak cost=
`\bold{(47.25)/(4.5)\$ }`

According to the question,

4.04 pounds of steak cost=

`\bold{(47.25)/(4.5)×4.04 }`

`\bold{\frac{\cancel{47.25}}{\cancel{4.5}}×4.04}`

`\bold{ 10.5×4.04 }`

`\bold{ 42.42 }`

so,

42.42$ would it cost to buy 4.04 pounds of steak.

Answer 2

• $42.42

Explanation:

Use the ratio to solve:

• 4.5 → 47.25
• 4.04 → x

Cross multiply and solve for x:

• 4.5x = 4.04*47.25
• 4.5x = 190.89
• x = 190.89/4.5
• x = 42.42

The answer is $42.42