Question

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1. Instant Meals sent out free samples to introduce its new product, Sesame soup. Each

sample weighs 69 ounces. The post office charges thirty-six cents for every 23 ounces of

weight. How much would Instant Meals spend on postage to mail out one hundred eighty-eight

samples? include the $ sign

Answer 1

$203.04

Explanation:

First, you have to calculate the cost of sending one free sample and you could use a rule of three to find it:

23 onces → $0.36

69 onces → x

x=(69 onces*$0.36)/23 onces= $1.08

Then, you can multiply the cost of sending one free sample for the quantity of samples Instant Meals wants to mail out:

$1.08*188= $203.04

According to this, the answer is that Instant Meals would spend $203.04 on postage to mail out one hundred eighty-eight samples.