Question

Pecans are on sale at 0.95 per pound. Harold buys 0.6 puonds of pecans. How many will the pecans cost.

Answer 1

0.57

Explanation:

Given that:

Price of Pecans per pound = 0.95

Harold wants to buy 0.6 pounds of pecans.

To find:

The cost of the required amount of pecans.

Solution:

Here, we can use ratio or unitary method to find the required answer.

0.6 can be written as:

`(6)/(10) = (3)/(5)`

We are given that, money required to buy 1 pound = 0.95

Multiplying both sides with 0.6 or
`(3)/(5)`:

money required to buy
`(3)/(5)` pounds =
`0.95* (3)/(5) = \bold{0.57}`

Therefore, the answer is:

The cost of 0.6 pounds of pecans = 0.57