Question

Sam wanted to buy candy for all of his friends to share at lunch. One pound of chocolates cost $6.95, but Sim only needs 0.6 of a pound. What will be the total cost for the chocolates Sam buys?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is cost of 0.6 pound of candy $4.17

Explanation:

Data

1 pound of candy = $6.95

only 0.6 pounds

final cost = ?

Process

1.- Use proportions to find the cost of 0.6 pounds of candy

1 pound of candy -------------- $6.95

0.6 pound of candy ---------- x

2.- Use cross multiplication

x = (0.6 x 6.95) / 1

3.- Simplification and result

x = $ 4.17