Question

At Grocery Mart, tomatoes are $2.75 per pound, or you can buy a 5

Answer 1

Answer:

a) $2.75

b) $2.2

c) Second tomato option is better value option.

Step-by-step explanation:

First option to buy tomatoes = $2.75 per pound

Second option to buy tomatoes:

To buy a box which is a 5 pound box and the price is $11.

To find:

a) Unit price for the first tomato option.

b) Unit price for the second tomato option.

c) Better value option on the basis of price.

Solution:

Let the consider the unit here to be a pound.

So, we will find the price of tomato per pound to find the unit price of tomato.

a) Unit price of the first tomato option is : $2.75 per pound

b) Unit price of the second tomato option:

Price for 5 pounds = $11

Dividing both sides with 5 to find the price of 1 pound or unit price.

Price for $\frac{5}{5}$ = 1 pound = $\frac{\ 11}5 = \ 2.2$

c) To find the better value option, we can compare the unit prices of the two tomato options.

Here, we have the two tomato options with unit prices as:

$2.75 and $2.2

Second tomato option has a lower unit price, therefore, second option is better value option on the basis of price.