Question

Find the price per unit for each item, then choose the best buy. a. Bread, 16 ounce loaf for 96¢ would = per ounce. b. Bread, 32 ounce loaf for $1.75 would = per ounce. The best buy would be

Answer 1

Unit Price for bread A is 0.06 cents per ounce
Unit Price for bread B is 0.05 cents per ounce (rounded to the nearest thousandths/ cent)
So it would be better to buy bread b

Answer 2

Best buy is answer choice (b).

Explanation:

To get the unit price per ounce, we divide the total by number of ounces.

a. In cents:
`(96)/(16)=6` cents per ounce

b. $1.75 is equal to
`1.75*100=175` cents. So we have:
`(175)/(32)=5.47` cents per ounce

So we see that the second choice is "cheaper" per ounce, so second option, (b), is the best buy.