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Felip bought 5 pounds of sugar for $3. How many pounds of sugar did he get per dollar?Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of necessary

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Final answer:

Felip gets approximately 1.67 pounds of sugar per dollar after rounding to the nearest hundredth.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how many pounds of sugar Felip gets per dollar, we divide the total amount of sugar by the total cost. Felip bought 5 pounds of sugar for $3. To find out how many pounds of sugar he gets per dollar, we perform the following calculation:

5 pounds ÷ $3 = 1.6666...

We then round this number to the nearest hundredth, as instructed:

1.6666... rounds to 1.67. Therefore, Felip gets approximately 1.67 pounds of sugar per dollar.

User Greg Slepak
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Since the total amount of money spent to buy 5 pounds of sugar was 3 dollars, then, divide the number of pounts (5) over the number of dollars (3) to find hoy many pounds per dollar did Felip get.


(5)/(3)=1.666\ldots

Therefore, to the nearest hundredth, Felip got 1.67 pounds of sugar per dollar.

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