A proportional relationship between the number of pounds of potatoes (x) and the price in dollars (y) is graphed and the ordered pair (5,4) is on the graphed line. What is the price of 1 pound of potatoes?

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jhonyy9 · Answer

please post the graph

Mercury · Answer

if the ordered pair (5,4) is on the line, that means x = 5 and y = 4 is a solution to the equation. in the context of the problem, this means 5 lbs of potatoes costs $4. to find the cost per 1 lb, simply divide the total cost / total lbs