If John pays $144 for 9 pounds of pears, how much is each pound

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asked Mar 25, 2021 164k views

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Heena Arora · Answer 1 · 2021-03-29T21:43:53+0000

Answer:

$16 per pound

Explanation:

We want to find the price per pound.

Therefore, we must divide the cost by the pounds.

(cost)/(pounds)

We know it costs $144 for 9 pounds of pears. Therefore, $144 is the cost and there are 9 pounds.

$(\$144)/(9 pounds)$

Divide.

$\$16 /pound$

It costs $16 for each pound of pears.