A candy store sells different types of candy by the ounce.Red Snaps cost $0.25 per ounce ,and Blue Tarts cost $0.30 per ounce. You decide to buy 8 ounces of candy to share with your friends. How much more expensive would it be to get a bag of Blue Tarts instead of a bag of Red Snaps?

Question

$2.00
$0.40
$2.40
$4.40

Answer 1

To find out how much more expensive it would be to buy 8 ounces of Blue Tarts compared to 8 ounces of Red Snaps, we can calculate the total cost for each type of candy.

1. Cost of Red Snaps: \[ \text{Cost of Red Snaps} = 8 \text{ ounces} \times $0.25/\text{ounce} = $2.00 \]

2. Cost of Blue Tarts: \[ \text{Cost of Blue Tarts} = 8 \text{ ounces} \times $0.30/\text{ounce} = $2.40 \]

3. Difference in cost: \[ \text{Difference} = \text{Cost of Blue Tarts} - \text{Cost of Red Snaps} = $2.40 - $2.00 = $0.40 \]

Therefore, it would be $0.40 more expensive to get a bag of Blue Tarts instead of a bag of Red Snaps.

Thus, the answer is $0.40.