Question

A candy store sells chocolate for $7.70 per pound. The piece you want to buy weighs 0.11 pound. How much will it cost, to the nearest cent? (Neglect sales tax.)

Answer 1

The price is $7.70 a pound

You want to buy 0.11 pounds

Use cross multiplication to calculate how much you'll pay:

1pound_____$7.70

0.11pound___$X

`x=(0.11\cdot7.70)/(1)=0.847`

You'll pay ≅ $0.85. for 0.11pounds of chocolate.