Question

you buy butter for $5.03 a pound one portion of onion compote requires 1.7 oz of butter how much does a butter for one person cost

Answer 1

$0.53

Step-by-step explanation

The proportion price to ounces of onion - 1 pound is equivalent to 16 ounces - is:

`(5.03)/(16)=0.31\text{ dollars per ounce}`

If we need 1.7 oz, the price is:

`1.7*0.31=0.527\approx0.53`

$0.53 for 1.7 ounces of butter.