SOLUTION: Tea, formerly sold for Rs.40 a pound is now packed in 20 ounce packages and sold at Rs. 60 a package. what is the ratio of the old and new prices of tea?

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Question 1044438: Tea, formerly sold for Rs.40 a pound is now packed in 20 ounce packages and sold at Rs. 60 a package. what is the ratio of the old and new prices of tea?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20%28ounces%2Fpackage%29%2A%281%2F60%29%28package%2FRs%29


The reciprocal,
%2860%2F20%29Rs%2Founce

3%28Rs%2Founce%29


Put unit into Rs%2Fpound.
3%28Rs%2Founce%29%2816%28ounces%2Fpound%29%29
highlight_green%2848%28Rs%2Fpound%29%29-----the new price in twenty-ounce packages.

Ratio of old to new
40%2F48
highlight%285%2F6%29