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Taut learns that when she spends $65.00 on supplies she is able to grow 162.5 pounds of tomatoes. How many dollars is Taut spending per pound of tomatoes grown?

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Answer: $0.4 is spent by Taut per pound of tomatoes grown

Explanation:

Given : On spending $65.00 , tomatoes grown by Taut = 162.5 pounds

To find : Taut expenditure per pound of tomatoes grown = ?

As it is given that :

162.5 pounds of tomatoes are grown by spending = $65.00

Thus 1 pound of tomatoes are grown by spending =
(65.00)/(162.5)* 1=0.4

Thus $0.4 is spent by Taut per pound of tomatoes grown

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