Question

Leah loves chicken wings and is comparing the deals at three different restaurants. Buffalo Bills has 88 wings for \$7$7. Buffalo Mild Wings has 1212 wings for \$10$10. Wingers has 2020 wings for \$17$17. Which restaurant offers the lowest price per wing?

Answer 1

Buffalo mild wings offers the lowest price per wing ($0.83).

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us find unit price per buffalo wing of each restaurant.

`\text{Unit rate for buffalo bills}=\frac{\$7}{8\text{ wings}}`

`\text{Unit rate for buffalo bills}=\frac{\$0.875}{\text{ wing}}`

Upon rounding our answer to nearest cent we will get,

`\text{Unit rate for buffalo bills}=\frac{\$0.88}{\text{ wing}}`

Therefore, buffalo bills offers each wing for $0.88.

`\text{Unit rate for buffalo mild wings}=\frac{\$10}{12\text{ wings}}`

`\text{Unit rate for buffalo mild wings}=\frac{\$0.83333}{\text{ wing}}`

Upon rounding our answer to nearest cent we will get,

`\text{Unit rate for buffalo mild wings}=\frac{\$0.83}{\text{ wing}}`

Therefore, buffalo mild wings offers each wing for $0.83.

`\text{Unit rate for wingers}=\frac{\$17}{20\text{ wings}}`

`\text{Unit rate for wingers}=\frac{\$0.85}{\text{ wing}}`

Therefore, wingers offers each wing for $0.85.

We can see that buffalo mild wings offers the lowest price per wing that is $0.83 per wing.