Question

Willis Rusch recently purchased a 5-pound box of treats for his dog. The total purchase price was $4.87.What was the price per pound

Answer 1

The cost of the one pound of the box is $0.974.

Explanation:

As given

Willis Rusch recently purchased a 5-pound box of treats for his dog.

The total purchase price was $4.87 .

i.e

Cost of 5- pound box = $4.87

Thus

`Price\ per\ pound = (Total\ cost\ of\ 5\ pound\ box)/(Total\ box)`

Putting the values in the above

`Price\ per\ pound = (\$ 4.87)/(5)`

= $ 0.974

Therefore the cost of the one pound of the bos is $0.974.