Question

You buy butter for $5.03 a pound. One portion of onion compote requires 1.7 oz of butter. How much does the butter for one portion cost? Round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Answer:

The cost for 1.7 oz of butter when the pound costs $5.03 is:

54 cents per 1.7 oz.

Explanation:

The reason behind this answer is a whole process so pay attention. First, we need to find the price of Oz. So we are going to find how much ounces compound a pound. That is 16 according to the English system o measurement. Now, after we found out that 16 ounces compound 1 pound we need to divide the price of 1 whole pound to 16 ounces. So we divide 5.03 dollars into 16 parts. That gives us: .314175 cents as a result. Now, to find out the exact price of the 1.7 ounces we need to multiply the price of one ounce for 1.7 which is the ounces we need. Giving us: .53448 cents. However, if we round the cents we end up with 54 cents because the cents get rounded if the number is 5 or bigger.