Question

If 2 1/4 pounds of bananas cost $1.89 what is the cost per pound

Answer 1

84 cents a pound divide 2 1/4 by 1.89 equals 0.84

Answer 2

Answer

Find out the what is the cost per pound .

To proof

Let us assume that the one banana cost be x.

As  given in the question

$2\frac{1}{4}\ pounds\ of\ bananas\ cost\ 1.89$

$\frac{9}{4}  pounds\ of\ bananas\ cost\ 1.89$

Than the equation becomes

$x =\frac{1.89}{\frac{9}{4}}$

solving

$x =\frac{1.89}{2.25}$

x = $0.84(approx)

Therefore the  cost of bananas per pound be $0.84(approx) .

Hence proved