Question

A 2-cup bottle of hair gel costs $28.80. What is the price per fluid ounce?

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Answer 1

To find the price per fluid ounce of the hair gel, we first need to convert the volume from cups to fluid ounces.

1 cup is equal to 8 fluid ounces. Therefore, a 2-cup bottle is:

\[
2 \, \text{cups} \times 8 \, \text{fluid ounces/cup} = 16 \, \text{fluid ounces}
\]

Now that we know the bottle contains 16 fluid ounces, we can calculate the price per fluid ounce:

\[
\text{Price per fluid ounce} = \frac{\text{Total Price}}{\text{Total fluid ounces}} = \frac{28.80}{16}
\]

Calculating this gives:

\[
\text{Price per fluid ounce} = 1.80
\]

Thus, the price per fluid ounce of the hair gel is:

\[
\boxed{1.80}
\]