SOLUTION: Tea, formerly sold for Rs.40 a pound is now packed in 20 ounce packages and sold at Rs. 60 a package. what is the ratio of the old and new prices of tea?
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Question 1044438: Tea, formerly sold for Rs.40 a pound is now packed in 20 ounce packages and sold at Rs. 60 a package. what is the ratio of the old and new prices of tea?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The reciprocal,
Put unit into .
-----the new price in twenty-ounce packages.
Ratio of old to new
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