SOLUTION: Kareem bought 11 pounds of sugar for $7. How many pounds of sugar did he get per dollar?

Question 954304: Kareem bought 11 pounds of sugar for $7. How many pounds of sugar did he get per dollar?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up a proportion. Let x = the pounds of sugar he got per dollar. Set it up like this:

Cross multiply 1 and 11 to get 11. Now divide 11 by 7 to get 1.57142857... but let's round that to 1.57.
Thus, Kareem got about 1.57 pounds per dollar.
Hope I helped.
Please, feel free to tell me if you have any questions.
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