Question

One pound of swordfi sh costs as much as 1.5 pounds of salmon. Mrs. Ortiz pays $39 for 2 pounds of salmon and 3 pounds of swordfish. Find the ratio of the amount of money Mrs. Ortiz pays for the swordfish to the amount of money she pays for the salmon.

Answer 1

For every pound of swordfish that Mrs. Ortiz buys she buys 1.5 pounds of salmon.