Question

The price of salmon at a fish market cost $5.40 per pound. This is 150% of its cost at a supermarket . How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket ?

Answer 1

So to find this answer we would divide 5.40 by 1.50 to get our total price of the fish at the supermarket.
5.4/1.5 = 3.6
So the fish costed $3.60 at the supermarket.
Hope I helped!

Answer 2

The price of salmon at the supermarket is
`\$3.6`

Explanation:

Let

x------> The price of salmon at the supermarket

we know that

The price of salmon at a fish market cost
`\$5.40` per pound and this price represent
`150\%` of its cost at a supermarket

so

by proportion

Find the price of salmon at the supermarket

`(5.40)/(150)=(x)/(100) \\150*x=5.40*100\\x=5.40*100/150\\ x=\$3.6`