Question

A 5-pound bag of apples cost $3.50. Use that rate, to complete the table to identify equivalent ratios, and then answer the questions.

Apples cost $ __ per pound.

Answer 1

Set up a proportion 3.50 over 5=X over 1 (x is what we are trying to find equal the cost of one lb of apples)

so the apple cost 0.7 or seventy cents per pound

check:0.7 times 5 =
the result of 0.7 times 5 will be your result