Question

Ms. Rhodes purchased 8 pounds of potatoes for $18.08. At this rate, what is the cost per pound of potatoes? Use a proportion to solve. include how you did this work <3

Answer 1

$2.20

Explanation:

If you do long division you get 2 dollars as total with a decimal of 20 do that's your answer.

Answer 2

The cost per pound of potatoes is $2.26.

Explanation:

You have to divide the total cost by the total pounds.

So in this case, the total cost is $18.08.

There is a total number of 8 pounds.

So you do:

$18.08 / 8 pounds

=

$2.26/lb of potatoes

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