norman purchased 3.5 lb of his favorite mixture of dried fruits to use in trail mix the total cost was $16.87 how much does the food cost per pound? Hurry please

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To do this we will divide d amount of dollars by d amount of lbs.

Lets do it:-
 
16.87 ÷ 3.5 = 4.82
1 lb of trail mix is for $4.82
 
CHECK OUR WORK:-
 
4.82 × 3.5 = 16.87
We were RIGHT!!
 
So, 1 lb of trail mix costs $4.82.
 
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The fruit cost per pound can be calculate by divide the total cost of fruit by total weight of fruit.

The fruit cost per pound is [tex]4.82 \:\[/tex].

Given:

Total weight of the fruit is [tex]3.5\:\rm lb[/tex].

The total cost of the fruit is [tex]16.87\:\[/tex]

Write the formula to calculate the fruit cost per pound.

[tex]\rm {Cost \:of\: the\: fruit\: per\: pound}=\frac{x}{y}[/tex]

Where [tex]x[/tex] is total cost of fruit and [tex]y[/tex] is total weight of the fruit.

[tex]\begin{aligned}\\\rm {Cost \:of\: the\: fruit\: per\: pound}=\frac{16.87}{3.5}\\=4.82\: \\\\end[/tex]

Therefore, the fruit cost per pound is [tex]4.82 \:\[/tex].

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