Question

Cost of Steak: Justin is purchasing two top sirloin steaks. The meat costs $4.00 per pound, and each steak weighs 6 lb 4 oz. What is the cost of the steak?The steak costs $.note : that I got $ 25 and it was incorrect

Answer 1

To answer this question we need to remember that 1 pound is equal to 16 ounces.

With this in mind we have that:

`\begin{gathered} 16\text{ oz}\rightarrow1\text{ lb} \\ 4\text{ oz}\rightarrow x \end{gathered}`

Then we have:

`x=\frac{4\text{ oz}\cdot1\text{ lb}}{16\text{ oz}}=0.25\text{ lb}`

This means that each steak weighs 6.25 lb. Now, since each steak cost $4.00 this means that each steak cost:

`4(6.25)=25`

Therefore each steak cost $25.00 and the total cost for the two steaks is $50.00