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Reuben bought 20 pounds of rice for $11. How many pounds of rice did he get per dollar?

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Answer:

Explanation:

You can use a ratio and cross multiply to get your answer.

20 pounds 1 pound

---------------- = ----------------

$11 $ X

Forget about the units of measurement for now and just do the cross multiplying with the numbers to solve for X.

(20) x (X) = (1) x 11 then divide both sides of the equal sign by 20

20X 11

------- = ---------- the 20 on top and bottom on the left side cancel out.

20 20

So you are left with X = 11/20 which is $ 0.55

User Danielle Madeley
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1.8 pounds
20/11= 1.8
1.8 x 11 = 19.8
Round that up it’s 20
User Mathijs Kwik
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