4 pound basket of apples for $5.60. Each apple is 4 ounces. What is the price per apple?

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Jun 15, 2018

We can solve this by converting units.

Explanation:

#($5.60) / (4" pounds") * (1" pound")/(16" ounces") * (4" ounces")/("apple")#

#($5.60) / (cancel4cancel" pounds") * (1cancel" pound")/(16cancel" ounces") * (cancel4cancel" ounces")/("apple")#

#($5.60)/(16" apples")#

Now simplify for the cost per 1 apple!

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