Question

at a deli counter - Person A bought 1 and 3 over 4 pounds of ham for $14.50.Person B bought 2 and 1 over 2 pounds of turkey for $26.25.Person C bought 3 over 8 pounds of beef for $5.50 which meat is the least expensive per pound? Which meat is the most expensive per pound. explain how you know.

Answer 1

To find the price per pound, we have to divide each total by the quantity that each person bought.

For person A we have:

$\frac{14.5}{1\frac{3}{4}}=\frac{14.5}{1.75}=8.29$

For Person B:

$\frac{26.25}{2\frac{1}{2}}=\frac{26.25}{2.5}=10.5$

For person C:

$\frac{5.5}{\frac{3}{8}}=\frac{5.5}{0.375}=14.67$

therefore, the least expensive meat is the ham and the most expensive meat is the beef.