Question

Johnathan went shopping at HEB. He began to look at two different cereals below Sunshine Cornflakes: 24-ounce box for $4.32 Bright Start Cornflakes: 36-ounce box for $5.76 How much less does it cost per ounce?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Given that:

Johnathan looked at two different portions of cereals at the supermarket.

They are:

Sunshine Cornflakes: 24-ounce box for $4.32

Bright Start Cornflakes: 36-ounce box for $5.76

To calculate the cost of one ounce of Sunshine cornflakes, we have:

24-ounce box for $4.32

1 - ounce box will be x

x = ($4.32 × 1 ounce box) / 24 ounce box

x = $0.18

1 - ounce box will be = $0.18

To calculate the cost of one ounce of Bright star cornflakes, we have:

36-ounce box for $5.76

1 - ounce box will be = ( $5.76 × 1 ounce box) / 36 ounce box

1 - ounce box will be = $0.16

Since 1 - ounce box of Bright star cornflakes is lesser than 1 - ounce box of Sunshine Cornflakes.

Then, Bright star cornflakes costs ($0.18 - $0.16) = $0.02 per ounce box lesser than Sunshine Cornflakes.

Thus, Bright star cornflakes will be a better buy.