Question

a package of ground beef costs $6.98. the price per pound is $3.86. how many pounds of ground beef are in the package? round to the nearest hundreth. A. 1.72 B. 1.81. C. .27. D. 1.80

Answer 1

We have beef costs $6.98

and the price of one pound is 3.86

so we need to divide the total cost by the cost of one pound to get the amount of pounds we have

= 6.98 / 3.86 = 1.80829 = 1.81 pounds (rounded to the nearest hundredth)




I hope that helps!