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At the neighborhood grocery, 2.5 pounds of chicken breast cost $23.50. Caroline

spent $34.78 on chicken breast. How many pounds of chicken breast did she buy, to
the nearest hundredth of a pound?

User Dave Smith
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Answer:

3.7 pounds

Explanation:

If you set up a dimensional analysis equation you will get:

(2.5lb/$23.5) x ($34.78/1) = 3.7lb

User Vpetersson
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