Question

A candy store sells caramels for $9/pound and chocolate for $12/pound. How much more is the cost of 2 pounds of caramel than 1.5 pounds of chocolate? *Show your work*

Answer 1

Answer:

The caramel is $0 more than the chocolate. In other words, they cost the same.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have 2 pounds of caramel and caramel costs $9/pound, the cost of 2 pounds of caramel can be found by this equation:

2lbs · $9 = $18

Since we have 1.5 pounds of chocolate and chocolate costs $12/pound, the cost of 1.5 pounds of chocolate can be found by this equation:

1.5lbs · $12 = $18

To find how much bigger the cost of caramel is than that of chocolate, we will subtract the total cost of the chocolate from the total cost of the caramel.

$18 - $18 = $0