Question

A) Justin bought 27 pounds of sugar for $11. How many pounds of sugar did he get per dollat? Pounds per dollars mearest hundredth. B) A color printer prints 20 pages in 7 minutes. How many minutes does it take per page? Minutes per page nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

A)

$\begin{gathered} \frac{27\text{ pounds }}{11\text{ dollars}}=\text{ } \\ 2.45\text{ pounds per dollar } \end{gathered}$

b)

$\begin{gathered} \frac{20\text{ pages}}{7\text{ minutes}}= \\ 2.86\text{ pages per minutes} \\ \\ Then: \\ If\text{ 2.86 pages are printed in 1 minute, how many minutes does it take for 1 page?} \\ \frac{1\text{ page \lparen1 minute\rparen}}{2.86\text{ pages}}=\text{ } \\ 0.35\text{ minutes takes to print 1 page. } \end{gathered}$