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A store charges $56 for 5 pounds of crab meat. What is the unit price per pound of crab meat?

User Buu
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10 votes

Answer:

in money form it would be $11.20

Explanation:

User Zerodot
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Answer:

11.2 $

Explanation:

5 pounds = 56$

1 pound = x

by cross multiplication

5x pounds = 56$

dividing both sides by 5

x= 11.2 $

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