Question

It costs $3.45 to buy 3/ 4 lb of chopped walnuts. How much would it cost to purchase 7.5 lbs of walnuts?

Answer 1

Answer:

It would cost $ 34.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

The cost of $\frac{3}{4}$ lb of chopped walnut = $ 3.45,

So, the cost of 1 lb of chopped walnut = $\frac{4}{3}\times 3.45$

$=4\times 1.15$

= $ 4.6,

Thus, the cost of 7.5 lbs of walnuts = 7.5 × cost of 1 b of walnut

= 7.5 × 4.6

= $ 34.5

Answer 2

Answer:

The cost of the 7.5 lbs of walnuts be $2.16 .

Step-by-step explanation:

As given

It costs $3.45 to buy $\frac{3}{4}$ lb of chopped walnuts.

i.e

$\ 3.45 = \frac{3}{4}\ lb$

Now calculate the cost of one pound .

$Cost\ of\ one\ pound = \frac{3.45}{\frac{3}{4}}$

$Cost\ of\ one\ pound = \ 0.2875$

Now calculated the cost of the 7.5 lbs of walnuts .

Cost of 7.5 lbs of walnuts = 7.5 × 0.2875

                                           = $2.16 (Approx)

Therefore the cost of the 7.5 lbs of walnuts be $2.16 .