document.write( "Question 505358: Carlos bought 14 pounds of sugar for 9 dollars . How many dollars did he pay per pound of sugar?
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document.write( "Learn the trick that \"PER\" means \"DIVIDED BY\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"dollars PER pound\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "means \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"dollars DIVIDED BY pounds\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"9 DIVIDED BY 14\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "$.6428571429\r\n" );
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document.write( "or a little bit over 64 cents a pound.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The trick that \"PER\" means \"DIVIDED BY\" will come in handy\r\n" );
document.write( "all through your study of mathematics.\r\n" );
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