SOLUTION: A 5-pound bag of flour costs $1.24. What is the cost of 75 pounds of flour?
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Question 742935: A 5-pound bag of flour costs $1.24. What is the cost of 75 pounds of flour?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the cost of pounds will be proportionally higher:
$
or, you can do it this way:
so, the cost of pound is $
then the cost of pounds will be
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