Question

You are purchasing the ingredients for your first cooking project in culinary school. You are making a new shrimp dish. Shrimp cost six dollars per pound. Find the cost of three 2/3 pounds

Answer 1

The cost of three 2/3 pounds is $4.

Explanation:

Here, given:

The cost of 1 pound of shrimp = $6

Now, the dish requires the amount of shrimp = 2/3 pounds.

Here: 1 pound shrimp = $ 6

`\implies ((2)/(3) ) \textrm{pounds}  = 6 * ((2)/(3) )  = 4`

or, the cost of 2/3 pound = $ 4

Hence, the cost of three 2/3 pounds is $4.