Will paid $2.73 for 3.5 pounds of bananas. What was the cost per pound of the bananas?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Alex73 [517]2 years ago

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Answer:

0.78¢

Step-by-step explanation:

if 3.5 lbs of bananas is $2.73, then we need to divide each side by 3.5 to get 1 lb of bananas

1 lb = 0.78¢

To check our work, we can do 0.78x3.5 = 2.73

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