We want to know how much is the price per pound (or unit rate) of ground beef, given that we know the price for Elliot's purchase. We will see that each pound costs $4.75
So we know that (3 + 2/5) lb of ground beef costs $16.15, the cost of a single pound will be given by the quotient between the total cost and the amount purchased, then we need to solve:

We can rewrite the denominator as:
(3 + 2/5)lb = (15/5 + 2/5)lb = (17/5) lb
Replacing that we get:

So each pound of ground beef costs $4.75
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To change 1/2 to 3/4 you multiply by 3/2 so then multiply 3/4 by 3/2 and you get 6/6 or 1...the answer is 1
21 times x to the fifth (where x is the ratio between values) equals 1240029
1240029/21=59049
59049^(1/5)=9
so the values are 21, 21*9, 21*9^2, 21*9^3, 21*9^4, 1240029
the sum of these values is 1395030