SOLUTION: You can buy three bottles of dishwashing liquid, each containing 1 pt 6 fl oz, on sale for $2.49. For the same price you can buy a large container holding 2 qt. Which is the better

Question 392223: You can buy three bottles of dishwashing liquid, each containing 1 pt 6 fl oz, on sale for $2.49. For the same price you can buy a large container holding 2 qt. Which is the better buy?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the total amount of dishwashing liquid you can get for $2.49.
Three bottles @ 1pt 6fl oz each is 3(1pt 6 fl oz) = 3pt 18 fl oz.
But 16 fl oz = 1 pt, so (3+1) pts 2 fl oz = 4 pts 2 fl oz.
But 2 pts = 1 qt. so we have a total of:
2 qts 2 fl oz. in the three smaller bottles.
The large bottle holds only 2 qts.
Best buy: Three bottles for $2.49
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