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GED Math: Rational Numbers Drill 2, Problem 3. What was the price of ribs per pound?
GED Math: Rational Numbers Drill 2, Problem 3. What was the price of ribs per pound?
Transcript
- 00:03
Here's your Shmoop dujour, brought to you by a rack of ribs.
- 00:08
You should always hang on to a spare rib, just in case.
- 00:26
Cost of ribs per pound. That's what the question's asking.
- 00:30
Our friend Ramses—his parents must have been Egyptian pharoah fans—
- 00:35
bought a boat load of ribs.
Full Transcript
- 00:37
We need to figure out how much they cost per pound.
- 00:40
We're told that he got 5.4 pounds' worth
- 00:43
and the total damage was $46.75.
- 00:46
If 5.4 pounds cost $46.75
- 00:49
then we can just divide both sides of our equation here
- 00:52
by 5.4 to get the price of a single pound.
- 00:55
5.4 divided by 5.4 in California is 1.
- 00:59
46.75 divided by 5.4 is...
- 01:05
8.66.
- 01:07
Each pound of ribs cost Ramses $8.66.
- 01:10
Our answer is D.
- 01:11
And we really hope you used a wet-nap before attempting to answer this question.
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