Question

The price of a pound of peppers is $3.99. What is the price of pepper in cents/g?

Answer 1

`0.8796` cents/gram

Explanation:

1 pound = 453.592 grams

1 dollar=100cents

Given that

PRICE/WEIGHT`=3.99` dollar/pound

Substitute above stated dollar and pound value in above equation

PRICE/WEIGHT`=3.99xx100/453.592` cent/gram

`=0.8796` cent/gram