Question

If you can buy 1⁄3 of a pound of turkey for 4 dollars, how much can you purchase for 10 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a pound.

Answer 1

The answer is 5/6 of a pound.

Answer 2

`(5)/(6)` pound of turkey you purchase for 10 dollars

Explanation:

Unit rate defined as the rates are expressed as a quantity 1 such as 3 meter per second or 4 miles per hour.

As per the statement:

If you can buy 1⁄3 of a pound of turkey for 4 dollars

by definition of unit rate we have;

`\text{Unit rate per dollars} = ((1)/(3) )/(4) = (1)/(12)` pound of turkey.

We have to find how much can you purchase for 10 dollars.

`\text{Weight of turkey for 10 dollars} = \text{Unit rate per dollars} * 10`

⇒
`\text{Weight of turkey for 10 dollars}=(1)/(12) * 10 = (5)/(6)` pound

Therefore,
`(5)/(6)` pound of turkey you purchase for 10 dollars