Question

two pounds of sugar cost $1.60 how much sugar do you get per dollar? round your answer to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

Solution:

Consider the following diagram:

By cross multiplication, we get:

$(x)(1.60)\text{ = 2}$

solving for x, we get:

$x\text{ = }\frac{2}{1.60}\text{ = 1.25 pounds}$

we can conclude that the correct answer is:

1.25 pounds of sugar.