Question

Jason eats 10 ounces of candy in 5 days. How many pounds does he eat per day? How long will it take Jason to eat 1 pound of candy?

Answer 1

Jason eats `1/8=0.125" pounds"` of candy per day
and it will take him `8` days to eat `1" pound"` of candy

Explanation:

`(10" ounces")/(5" days")= (2" ounces")/"day"`

Since `16" ounces" = 1" pound"rArr 2" ounces" = 16/8" ounces"=1/8" pounds"`
and it will take jason `8` days to eat `1` pound of candy.