Answer:
$1.47 per pound
Explanation:
The 22 pound bag of dog food costs $32.36. We want to find the cost per pound, or the unit rate for the 22 pound bag.
Therefore, we must divide the cost by the number of pounds.
cost/pounds
cost= $32.36
pounds= 22 lbs
$32.36/22 lbs
Divide 32.36 by 22
$1.4709090....
Round to the nearest cent, or hundredth. The 0 in the thousandths place indicates we should leave the 7 in the hundredth place.
$1.47
The 22 pound bag of dog good costs $1.47 per pound.