Question

QUESTION 2 Solve. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary. The cost of ham is $ 12/kg. Find the cost per pound. State your answer as a dimensionless number. For instance, if your answer is $45.07, answer: 45.07.

Answer 1

Given data be

Cost of ham = $ 12/kg

We know, 1 kg = 2.20462 pounds

That means

cost of 2.20462 pounds ham = $ 12

Cost of 1 pound of ham = 12/2.20462

Cost of pound of ham = 5.44311

Rounding off to nearest hundreth place,

Therefore, Cost of one pound of ham = 5.44