Question
A 1 pound bag of candy containing 502 piecescost 16.8 cents per ounce. What is the cost of 1 piece of candy?
Answers
Ms. Sue
16 * 0.168 = ?
Divide the cost per pound by 502.
Divide the cost per pound by 502.
Anonymous
1 pound=16 ounces
16*16.8 cents=268.8 cents
502/268.8=1.86756 cents
16*16.8 cents=268.8 cents
502/268.8=1.86756 cents
Alibaba
268.8/502= 0.5355 cents/piece
Ellen
17 cents per piece