Question

Stan and Francine want to make soup. In order to get the right balance of ingredients for their tastes then bought 5 pounds of potatoes at $3.93 per pound, 4 pounds of cod for $2.37, and 4 pounds of fish broth for $2.34 per pound. Determine the cost per pound of the soup.

Answer 1

`\text{ \$2.96}`

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the cost per pound of the soup

What we have to do here is, to sum up the costs and divide by the total pounds of ingredients

To get the cost of each ingredient, we have to multiply the number in pounds by each cost per pound

Mathematically, we have the cost per pound as follows:

`\frac{5(3.93)\text{ + 4\lparen2.37\rparen + 4\lparen2.34\rparen}}{5+4_+4}\text{ = }(38.49)/(13)\text{ = \$2.96}`