Given :26 lbs of onions cost $52 .The question is asking us to find the quantity of onion that can be bought for $8.
Onions that can be bought in $52 is given as 26 lbs.
Amount of onions that can be bought in $1 will be 26 ÷52 = 1÷2 =0.5 lbs.
Amount of onions that can be bought in $8 is 0.5x8=4 lbs.
One can get 8 lbs of onions with $8 .