Question

Potatoes are on sale at both grocery mart and baldwin hills market. at grocery mart, a 5 lb. bag of potatoes cost $2.85, and at baldwin hills market a 7 lb. bag of potatoes costs $4.20. which store offers the best deal on potatoes? how do you know? how much better is the deal?

Answer 1

you first want to find the unit rate of $$/lb. groc: 0.57/pound Baldwin: 0.6/pound so the groc market is better cuz it's less per lb