Question

Sam wanted to buy candy for all of his friends to share at lunch. One pound of chocolates cost $6.95, but Sim only needs 0.6 of a pound. What will be the total cost for the chocolates Sam buys?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to your question is cost of 0.6 pound of candy $4.17

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

1 pound of candy = $6.95

only 0.6 pounds

final cost = ?

Process

1.- Use proportions to find the cost of 0.6 pounds of candy

               1 pound of candy -------------- $6.95

               0.6 pound of candy ----------   x

2.- Use cross multiplication

                 x = (0.6 x 6.95) / 1

3.- Simplification and result

                 x = $ 4.17