SOLUTION: Carlos bought 14 pounds of sugar for 9 dollars . How many dollars did he pay per pound of sugar?

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Question 505358: Carlos bought 14 pounds of sugar for 9 dollars . How many dollars did he pay per pound of sugar?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Learn the trick that "PER" means "DIVIDED BY".

Therefore

"dollars PER pound"

means 

"dollars DIVIDED BY pounds"

"9 DIVIDED BY 14"

$.6428571429

or a little bit over 64 cents a pound.

The trick that "PER" means "DIVIDED BY" will come in handy
all through your study of mathematics.

Edwin