Question

A store has two different sizes of ice cream the smaller container cost 3.87 for 48 ounces the larger container cost 6.42 which ice cream cost less per ounce

Answer 1

Consider the complete question is "A store has two different sizes of ice cream on sale this week. The smaller container costs $3.87 for 48 ounces. The larger container costs $6.42 for 128 ounces. which ice cream costs less per ounce?"

Given:

The smaller container costs $3.87 for 48 ounces.

The larger container costs $6.42 for 128 ounces.

To find:

Which ice cream costs less per ounce?

Solution:

We know that

$\text{Cost per ounce}=\dfrac{\text{Total cost}}{\text{Number of ounces}}$

Using this formula, we get

Per ounce cost of small container $=\dfrac{3.87}{48}$

                                                         $=0.080625$

                                                         $\approx 0.08$

Per ounce cost of larger container $=\dfrac{6.42}{128}$

                                                         $=0.05015625$

                                                         $\approx 0.05$

Since, 0.08 > 0.05 therefore, the per ounce cost of larger container is less.