Question

Mrs. Miller pays $56 for 8 pounds of salmon. What is the price of pound per salmon?

Answer 1

Answer:

A pound of salmon costs 7 dollars.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's use a ratio:

pounds : $$

    8       :   56

    4       :    28

    2       :    14

    1        :     7

A pound of salmon costs $7

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

56 divided by 8 is 7 so the answer is 7$ for one pound of salmon