SOLUTION: A grocer sold (a) pounds of butter for b cents. The number of cents the grocer received for x pounds of butter, expressed in terms a and b , was
Choices:
(a) ax/b (b) a/bx
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Question 698150: A grocer sold (a) pounds of butter for b cents. The number of cents the grocer received for x pounds of butter, expressed in terms a and b , was
Choices:
(a) ax/b (b) a/bx (c)b/ax (d) bx/a
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The Grocer's price is ( pounds of butter ) / ( cents )
and
[ ( pounds of butter )] / [ ( pounds of butter ) / ( cents )]
= [ ( cents/pounds of butter )]*(pounds of butter )
= cents
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