SOLUTION: Kareem bought 11 pounds of sugar for $7. How many pounds of sugar did he get per dollar?

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Question 954304: Kareem bought 11 pounds of sugar for $7. How many pounds of sugar did he get per dollar?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) About Me  (Show Source):
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Set up a proportion. Let x = the pounds of sugar he got per dollar. Set it up like this:
11%2Fx=7%2F1
Cross multiply 1 and 11 to get 11. Now divide 11 by 7 to get 1.57142857... but let's round that to 1.57.
Thus, Kareem got about 1.57 pounds per dollar.
Hope I helped.
Please, feel free to tell me if you have any questions.