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Answer:
From our calculations the large jar is the best value for money because a penny buys more honey
Step-by-step explanation:
<h2>In this problem we are expected to determine which purchase of honey is the cheapest ? large jar or small jar ?.</h2><h2 />We will determine which has the best value for money using the quantity a pound can purchase.
firstly for the large jar.
if £4.10 will purchase 540g of honey then,
£1.00 will purchase xg
cross multiplying to find x will have
Hence for the large jar a penny would buy 131.7g of honey
secondly for the small jar
if £2.81 will purchase 360g of honey then,
£1.00 will purchase xg
cross multiplying to find x will have
Hence for the small jar a penny would buy 128.1g of honey
Answer:
15 and 5 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
Call x the time taken by the first chap, and y the second.
Let's divide by 5 and play with the LHS of the first equation a bit:
we know how much x+y is ( first equation!) let's solve.
At this point it's easy to check that