Question

Six pounds of strawberries cost $11.94. What is the cost of eight pounds?

Answer 1

$15.92

Explanation:

The way I did this problem is dividing $11.94 by 6, to get $1.99.

That is the unit price for price per pound. Then, multiply that by 8, since you have 8 pounds of strawberries. You get $15.92. You can also multiply $11.94 by 8/6 or divide it by 6/8. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

To solve this you need to find out how much one pound of strawberries cost. This would be equivalent to $/lbs

We know that 6 pounds costs $11.94

$/lbs = $11.94 / 6 lbs

$1.99 / 1 lbs

One pound of strawberries costs $1.99

To find out how much eight pounds of strawberries cost you must multiply the cost of one pound ($1.99) by 8

1.99 * 8 = 15.92

Eight pounds of strawberries costs $15.92

Hope this helped!

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