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A 30-ounce jar of peanut butter costs $6.00. A 40-
ounce jar costs $7.20. Which jar of peanut butter is
cheaper per ounce? Be sure to justify your reasoning
and SHOW your WORK.

User Tahmina Khatoon
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The 40 ounce jar is cheaper
User Aymen Kanzari
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Answer:

The 40 ounce jar is cheaper

Explanation:

how i did this was divide 6.00 by 30 to get 0.2 cents per ounce then 7.20 divided by 40 to get 0.18 cents per ounce so the 40 ounce jar would be cheaper, hope this helps.

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