Question

Latisha is buying frozen shrimp. She sees a 12-ounce pack for $14 and an 8-ounce pack for $12. What is the difference, to the nearest cent, of the unit price of one ounce of shrimp for each pack?

Answer 1

we are given that

Latisha is buying frozen shrimp. She sees a 12-ounce pack for $14 and an 8-ounce pack for $12.

So the price of the unit ounce of Shrimp costing $14 for 12-ounce is
`(14)/(12)=1.167` $

So the price of the unit ounce of Shrimp costing $12 for 8-ounce is
`(12)/(8)=1.5` $

So the difference of price of unit Quantity
`=1.5-1.167=0.333`$

The difference, to the nearest cent, of the unit price of one ounce of shrimp for each pack
`\approx 33` Cent