Question

Alysha hopes to play beach volleyball in Olympics someday she has convinced her parents to allow her to set up beach valuable court in your backyard she goes to the hardware store to shop for sand and sees the following signs of pallets containing bags of sand 60 pounds of sand $5 a bag of sand

Answer 1

Given two brands :

Brand A : weight = 60 lbs , cost = $5

Brand B : Weight = 150 lbs , cost = $12

A. What is the ratio for brand A ?

The ratio is the cost per weight which will be equal he unit rate

So, unit rate for A =

`(5)/(60)=(1)/(12)\approx0.0833`

And for brand B, the unit rate will be :

`(12)/(150)=(2)/(25)=0.08`

B) which brand is offering the better value ?

Brand B is better because : 0.08 < 0.0833