SOLUTION: At the grocery store, 3 pints of ice cream cost $5.91. How much would 40 pints of ice cream cost

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Question 1166195: At the grocery store, 3 pints of ice cream cost $5.91. How much would 40 pints of ice cream cost

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If you know proportions, you can solve the problem as the other tutor suggests.


If you don't know proportions, then find the price of one pint of ice cream


    p = 5.91 : 3 = 591%2F3 = 197 cents = $1.97.


To find the cost for 40 pints of the ice cream, multiply $1.97 (or 197 cents) by 40.