Question

A coffee merchant sells a customer 6 lb of Hawaiian Kona at $7.50 per pound. The merchant's scale is accurate to within ±0.03 lb. By how much could the customer have been overcharged or undercharged because of possible inaccuracy in the scale? (Round your answer to one decimal place.) The customer could have been overcharged or undercharged by as much as cents.

Answer 1

Answer:Answer:

3.8 cents

Explanation:

6 Ib is equivalent to $7.50,

1 Ib is equivalent to $7.50/6 Ib = $ 1.25

0.03 Ib then should be = $ 1.25 * 0.03 Ib = 3.8 cents to 1 decimal place

so the customer could have been overcharged or undercharged by as much as 3.8 cents