Question

Murphy loves pistachio nuts. Every saturday morning, she walks to the market and buy some. Last week, she bought two pounds and paid $7.96, and this week she bought only one half pound and paid $1.99

Answer 1

Question is Incomplete, Complete question is given below,

Murphy loves pistachio nuts. Every Saturday morning, she walks to the market and buys some. Last week, she bought two pounds and paid $7.96, and this week she bought only one-half pound and paid $1.99. What the unit rate for pistachio nuts?

Answer:

The unit rate for pistachio nuts is $3.98.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given;

Price of 2 pounds of pistachio nuts = $7.96

We need to find the price of 1 pound of pistachio nuts.

To find the same we will use the unitary method,

Hence ,

Price of 1 pound of pistachio nuts = $\frac{\ 7.96}{2} = \ 3.98$

Also given:

Price of half pound of pistachio nuts = $1.99

We need to find the price of 1 pound of pistachio nuts.

To find the same we will use the unitary method,

Hence ,

Price of 1 pound of pistachio nuts = $\ 1.99\times 2 = \ 3.98$

Hence, The unit rate for pistachio nuts is $3.98