SOLUTION: If 1 pound of mesquite-smoked, deli-sliced turkey breast cost $7.98 at the second-largest grocery store in town, and each slide is about 1 ounce, what is the cost of 5 slices?

SOLUTION: If 1 pound of mesquite-smoked, deli-sliced turkey breast cost $7.98 at the second-largest grocery store in town, and each slide is about 1 ounce, what is the cost of 5 slices?

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Question 716790: If 1 pound of mesquite-smoked, deli-sliced turkey breast cost $7.98 at the second-largest grocery store in town, and each slide is about 1 ounce, what is the cost of 5 slices?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
16X=7.98
X=7.98/16
X=$.49875 PER SLICE
5*.49875=$2.49 COST FOR 5 SLICES.
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