Question

The grocer bought 154 pounds of beef at $5.00 per pound. The grocer also bought 243 pounds of ground turkey for $729. How much more was the cost of the beef per pound than the turkey?Show your work and then send me 1,000,0000 points

Answer 1

The turkey costs $729 so we would divide the amount the turkey cost by how much turkey was bought. 729/243=3 the turkey costs $3 which means the beef costs $2 more.

Answer 2

5-(729/243)
5- 3= $2 the amount of beef bought was not important to know.