Question

At Kings Supermarket Clay bought 3 ½ pounds of tomatoes for $17.50. How much did he pay per pound of tomatoes?

Answer 1

$5 per pound

Explanation:

you could solve by setting up a proportion:

let 'p' = price of one pound

17.5 / 3.5 = p / 1

cross-multiply to get:

3.5p = 17.5

divide 17.5 by 3.5 to get:

$5 per pound