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How to find the unit rate of 14lb for $2.99

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Look at the units.
If you divide (2.99 dollars) by (14 lb), the quotient will be
(dollars per pound),which is exactly what you want.

User SkyN
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Okay so let's try to find the amount of money needed to buy 1 lb. Therefore, let's divide the fraction by 14.

(14)/(2.99)
Then we'll divide both the numerator and denominator by 14.

(14)/(2.99) ÷
(14)/(14)
Then we simplify and get:
14÷14=1 2.99÷14=.2135 We can round that to .21
The unit rate for each pound would be 1:.21
I don't know if that helped, but yeah. :)

User JanDintel
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