Question

you buy butter for $5.03 a pound one portion of onion compote requires 1.7 oz of butter how much does a butter for one person cost

Answer 1

ANSWER

$0.53

EXPLANATION

The proportion price to ounces of onion - 1 pound is equivalent to 16 ounces - is:

$\frac{5.03}{16}=0.31\text{ dollars per ounce}$

If we need 1.7 oz, the price is:

$1.7\times0.31=0.527\approx0.53$

$0.53 for 1.7 ounces of butter.