Question

Ou buy tomato sauce for $0.37 per ounce. one portion of potato gnocchi requires 3.5 ounces of tomato sauce. how much does the sauce for one portion cost? round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

$1.30

Explanation:

As with costs anywhere, you find the total cost by multiplying the unit cost by the number of units. Here, a unit is 1 ounce of tomato sauce. 3.5 units are used in the recipe. The unit cost is given as $0.37 per ounce.

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cost of sauce = (cost per ounce) × (number of ounces)

= ($0.37) × 3.5 = $1.295

This rounds up to $1.30.

The sauce for one portion costs $1.30.