Question

because of an unexpected cold snap the cost of tomatoes increase 50% in 1 month if the cost after the increase was 96 cents per ounce what was the cost before the increase

Answer 1

Since we are told that the cost of tomatoes increased by 50%, we can then solve for the price prior the the cost spike:

`1.5x=96`

Then we solve for x:

`x=64`

Therefore we are able to say that the cost per ounce of tomatoes before the increase in price was 64 cents.