In certian grocery store, strawberries cost $4.32 per pound (4.32 dollars lbs). WHat is the cost per ounce?
We know the relation,
1 pound (Ib) = 16 ounces (oz.)
We have,
cost for strawberries as, 4.32 per pound.
It simply means that 1 pound strawberries = 4.32.
But 1 pound = 16 ounces
So we can say that,
16 ounces strawberries = 4.32.
Divide both sides by 16,
So, 16/16 ounce straeberries = (4.32 / 16)
1 ounce strawberries = 0.27
i.e. 1 ounce strawberries costs 0.27
Hence cost of strawberries is 0.27 per ounce (0.27 dollars Ibs).
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