Question

Brand X costs $1.65 for 11 ounces. Brand Y costs 2 cents more per ounce. What is the cost of 15 ounces of brand Y?

Answer 1

Answer: $2.55

First, we must find out the price for each ounce for Brand X by dividing 1.65 and 11. By doing this, we find out that each ounce costs $.15 (15 cents). If Brand Y costs 2 cents more than Brand X, we can add that to the $.15 of Brand X. This means that Brand Y costs $.17 (17 cents). Now, we must figure out how much money 15 ounces would cost by multiplying 15 and .17, which would equal 2.55. This is total cost of 15 ounces with Brand Y.

Answer 2

$2.25

Explanation:

You can find the answer by setting up a simple equation.

Brand X is 1.65 for 11 ounces

we can find the cost of one ounce of Brand X by using division

1.65/11

.15

this means that for every ounce of Brand X, it costs 15 cents

Since brand Y costs two cents more per ounce that would make it be 17 cents per ounce

now all you need to do is multiply and solve.

.15 * 15 = $2.25