Question

Carlos bought 6 1/2 pounds of bananas for 5.20. What quantity of bananas would one dollar buy? You answer should be in the form _ _._ bananas Write your answer as a mixed number in decimal form. _ _ ._

Answer 1

Answer:

$1 would buy 1.25lbs of bananas

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find the amount $1 will buy, we need to create a proportion. One the left side we can use the unit rate. On the right we use the unknown quantity.

6.5lbs/$5.20 = xlbs/$1.00

Now we cross multiply

6.5 * 1.00 = 5.20 * x

6.5 = 5.20x

1.25 = x