Brenda went to the store with her dad to buy snacks. They bought a box of 16 snack-size bags of chips for $7.84 and a box of 24 snack-size bags of pretzels for $12.48. How much more do pretzels cost per bag than chips

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To find out how much more pretzels cost per bag than chips, we first need to calculate the cost per bag for both the chips and the pretzels.

  1. Calculate the cost per bag of chips:

    • Total cost for chips: $7.84
    • Number of bags of chips: 16
    • Cost per bag of chips: \( \frac{7.84}{16} = 0.49 \)
  2. Calculate the cost per bag of pretzels:

    • Total cost for pretzels: $12.48
    • Number of bags of pretzels: 24
    • Cost per bag of pretzels: \( \frac{12.48}{24} = 0.52 \)
  3. Calculate the difference in cost per bag:

    • Difference: \( 0.52 - 0.49 = 0.03 \)

Thus, pretzels cost $0.03 more per bag than chips.