To determine how much money per pound Suman will save if he buys Sweet sugar brand, we need to find the difference in price per pound between the two brands.
For Sweet sugar:
Price per pound = Price / Weight
First row: 0.75 / 2.5 = 0.3
Second row: 4.5 / 15 = 0.3
Third row: 9 / 30 = 0.3
Fourth row: 30 / 100 = 0.3
For Super sugar:
Price per pound = Price / Weight
First row: 1.16 / 3.75 = 0.3093333333
Second row: 3.1 / 10 = 0.31
Third row: 7.75 / 25 = 0.31
Fourth row: 34.1 / 110 = 0.3109090909
To find the average price per pound for each brand, we add up the price per pound for each row and divide by the number of rows:
Average price per pound for Sweet sugar = (0.3 + 0.3 + 0.3 + 0.3) / 4 = 0.3
Average price per pound for Super sugar = (0.3093333333 + 0.31 + 0.31 + 0.3109090909) / 4 ≈ 0.3100606061
Suman will save approximately 0.31 - 0.3 = 0.01 dollars per pound by buying Sweet sugar brand.
Sweet sugar. Super sugar
Weight. Price. Weight. Price
2.5. 0.75. 3.75. 1.16
15.0. 4.50. 10.0. 3.10
30.0. 9.00. 25.0. 7.75
100.0. 30.0. 110.0. 34.10
Based on the tables showing the price of buying different amounts of two brands of sugar, Suman determined that sweet sugar was better buy based on price alone. How much money per pound will Suman save if he buys Sweet sugar brand?
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