Question

28 At the farmers market, cherry tomatoes cost $4.50 for 3 pounds, and heirloom tomatoes cost $5.98 for 2 pounds. What is the difference in the unit costs of the tomatoes? A $1.54 B. $1.49 C $1.48 D $0.49

Answer 1

Answer: B. $1.49

Explanation:

1.) Find how much one pound of cherry tomatoes would cost. To do so, do

4.50 (the cost for 3 lbs for cherry tomatoes) /3 (the number of pounds), which would be $1.50 per pound of cherry tomatoes.

2.) Find how much one pound of heirloom tomatoes would cost. To do so, do 5.98 (the cost for 2 pounds for heirloom tomatoes) /2 (the number of pounds), which would be $2.99 per pound of heirloom tomatoes.

3.) Subtract. To find the "difference" in the unit costs of the tomatoes, do 2.99-1.50=1.49.

Therefore, the difference in the unit costs of the tomatoes is B. $1.49.