Question

a 96 ounce container of orange juice costs $4.80. at what price should a 128 ounce container be sold in order for the unit rate for both containers to be the same? explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

4.8 / 96 = x / 120
96x = 576
x = 576/96
x = 6

check :
unit rate for 96 oz container at 4.80 = 4.80/96 = 0.05 per oz
unit rate for 120 oz container at 6.00 = 6.00/120 = 0.05 per oz

Basically ur looking for an equivalent fraction (and that is what proportions are...this will reduce to the same unit rate. So ur answer is $ 6.00