SOLUTION: . If a wholesaler buys 100 pounds of shrimp for x dollars, then what is the price per pound? Again, set it up as x/100 but unsure on how to solve.

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Question 203338: . If a wholesaler buys 100 pounds of shrimp for x dollars, then what is the price per pound?
Again, set it up as x/100 but unsure on how to solve.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Good start!

So it's $0.01x per pound.

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