Question

Bill paid $2.49 for 5 pounds of rice. What could be cost of 9 pounds

Answer 1

$4.41

Explanation:

bill paid for 1 pound rice= $2.49÷5

=$0.49

bill paid for 9 pound of rice= $0.49×9

=4.41

Answer 2

`\boxed{ \bold{ \huge{ \boxed{ \sf{ \: 4.482 \: \: dollars}}}}}`

Explanation:

Cost of 5 pounds of rice = $ 2.49

Finding the cost of 1 pound of rice

`\sf{ (2.49)/(5)}` = $ 0.498

Finding the cost of 9 pounds of rice

Since, the cost of 9 pounds of rice is more than that of 1 pound of rice. So, the cost of 1 pound of rice is multiplied by 9

`\sf{i.e \: \: \: 0.498 * 9}` = $ 4.482

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