If I paid $9.00 for 4 lb of candies, how much candies can I buy for $12.00?

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asked Jun 14, 2019 32.8k views

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Yossi Saadi · Answer 1 · 2019-06-18T18:27:14+0000

Answer:

We are given that 4 lb of candies are bought for $9.00

Therefore, the price of 1 lb of candies is:

(9)/(4)=2.25

Now the amount of candies that can bought for $12.00 is:

(12)/(2.25) =5.3333 lb

Therefore, 5.3333 lb of candies can be bought for $12.00