Question

Chicken costs $3.20 per pound, and beef costs $4.59 per pound. Answer each question and show your reasoning. When purchasing 3 pounds, which meat is more expensive? By how much more expensive is it?

Answer 1

Given :

Chicken costs $3.20 per pound, and beef costs $4.59 per pound.

To Find :

When purchasing 3 pounds, which meat is more expensive and by how much.

Solution :

Price of 3 pound chicken, $P_c=3.2\times 3 = \ 9.6$ .

Price of 3 pound beef, $P_b = 4.59\times 3=\ 13.77$ .

Now, difference in price :

P = $13.77 - $9.6 = $4.17 .

Therefore, beef is more expensive than chicken by $4.17 .

Hence, this is the required solution.