<PRE><B>Question 545770</B>
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma&quot;&gt;Let the no name oatmeal be N.&lt;br&gt;

Let the leading brand oatmeal be L.&lt;br&gt;

Then we know from the given facts that {{{N=(2/3)*L}}}&lt;br&gt;

We also know the value for N, it is 1.50&lt;br&gt;

So we can substitute this in our equation:&lt;br&gt;

{{{1.50=(2/3)*L}}}&lt;br&gt;

And now we just need to solve for L to find out how much the leading brand costs!&lt;br&gt;

{{{1.50=(2/3)*L}}} given&lt;br&gt;

{{{4.50=2*L}}} multiplied both sides by 3&lt;br&gt;

{{{2.25=L}}} divided both sides by 2&lt;br&gt;

{{{L=2.25}}}&lt;br&gt;

So our leading brand oatmeal costs $2.25, which makes sense from our given facts.&lt;br&gt;

Notice how we could have also just multiplied the no name brand price by 3/2 to get the leading brand price?&lt;br&gt;

That would be a little shortcut using the properties of inverse operations!&lt;br&gt;

I hope this helps!  :)&lt;br&gt;</PRE>