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Mrs. Miller pays $56 for 8 pounds of salmon. What is the price of pound per salmon?

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Answer:

Explanation:

56 divided by 8 is 7 so the answer is 7$ for one pound of salmon

User TheOnlyError
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Answer:

A pound of salmon costs 7 dollars.

Explanation:

Let's use a ratio:

pounds : $$$

8 : 56

4 : 28

2 : 14

1 : 7

A pound of salmon costs $7

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