This questions has a list of answer choices.
This is the list of answer choices:
A.) Blueberries are $0.23 per pound more expensive at the farmer’s market.
B.) Blueberries are $0.50 per pound less expensive at the farmer’s market.
C.) Blueberries are $0.80 per pound less expensive at the farmer’s market.
D.) Blueberries are $1.40 per pound more expensive at the farmer’s market.
The answer is: option C.) Blueberries are $0.80 per pound less expensive at the farmer’s market.
Explanation:
All the choices are compare the cost of 1 pound of bluberries at both market places.
So, find the cost per pound at each place:
1) grocery
store
cost = $ 2.80 / 8 ounce × 16 ounce / pound = $ 5.6 / pound
2) farmers market
cost = $4.20 / 14 ounces × 16 ounce / pound = $ 4.8 / pound
3) Calculate the difference per pound:
$ 5.6 / pound - $ 4.8 / pound = $ 0.8 / pound.
So, the cost of the blueberries at grocery store is $ 0.8 / pound greater than the cost of the blueberries at the farmer's market, which is equivalent to that the cost at the farmer's market is $ 0.8/pound less than the cost at the grocery store. And that is what option C) states.
