Answer:
Price per pound of large bag is nearly 0.4 times the Price per pound of small bag
Explanation:
Data provided in the question:
Price for 59 pound of flour bag = $11
Price for 1 pound of flour bag = $0.47
Now,
Per pound cost of the large bag i.e 59 pound flour bag
= Total Price ÷ Total weight
= $11 ÷ 59
= $0.186/pound
Per pound cost of the small bag i.e 1 pound flour bag
= Total Price ÷ Total weight
= $0.47 ÷ 1
= $0.47/pound
Ratio of large and small bag price per pound = [tex]\frac{0.186}{0.47}[/tex]
or
= 0.395 ≈ 0.4
Hence,
Price per pound of large bag is nearly 0.4 times the Price per pound of small bag
