Question

Alice purchased 4 1⁄2 kilograms of olive oil for $27. What is the price per kilogram?

Answer 1

Answer: It would be 6 dollars since 27 divided by 4.5 equals 6

Explanation:

Answer 2

The price per kilogram is $6

Explanation:

It is given that

Number of kilograms of olive oil purchased by Alice is
`4(1)/(2)`

The cost is $27

so we have

cost of
`4(1)/(2)` kg of olive oil = $ 27

To find the find the cost of 1 kg of olive oil we will use unitary method

Cost of 1 kg of olive oil =
`(Total \ cost )/(total \ weight \ in \ kg)`

`= (27)/(4(1)/(2) )`

`= (27)/(4.5)` ( since
`4(1)/(2) = 4.5`)

`= 6`

Hence the price per kilogram is $6