A store sells 10-ounce bottles of apple juice for $0.40 each and 16-ounce bottles for $0.56 each. How much money can you save by buying 80 ounces of juice in 16-ounce bottles rather than in 10-ounce bottles?

You can save $___________
by buying 16-ounce bottles instead of 10-ounce bottles.

Question

A store sells 10-ounce bottles of apple juice for $0.40 each and 16-ounce bottles for $0.56 each. How much money can you save by buying 80 ounces of juice in 16-ounce bottles rather than in 10-ounce bottles?


You can save $___________
 by buying 16-ounce bottles instead of 10-ounce bottles.

aveline · Answer

Let's first start by figuring out how much each option would cost.
A 16-ounce bottle costs $0.56
To get 80 ounces, we will need to buy 5 bottles.
$0.56*5=$2.80
If we buy 16-ounce bottles, it will cost $2.80 for 80 ounces of juice.
A 10-ounce bottle costs $0.40
To get 80 ounces, we will need to buy 8 bottles
$0.40*8=$3.20
If we buy 10-ounce bottles, it will cost $3.20 for 80 ounces of juice.

Can you figure out the answer from here?

anonymous · Answer

im kind of lost...

aveline · Answer

It will cost $3.20 if we buy eight 10-ounce bottles.
It will cost $2.40 if we buy five 16-ounce bottles.
If we want to figure out how much money we would save, we should subtract.

anonymous · Answer

.80

aveline · Answer

That's right. The answer is $0.80, or 80 cents

anonymous · Answer

got it now. thank you :)