Question

You want to make some apple pies. Apples cost $1.40 per pound. How much does it cost to buy 16.2 pounds of apples?

Answer 1

`$22.68`

Explanation:

It costs `$1.40` for `1` pound. You wish to know the cost of `16.2` pounds.

That means the price must be raised `16.2` times.

`($1.40)/"1 lb" xx "16.2 lb" = $22.68`

Remember `$1.40 xx 1` pound will give you the same amount, thus the more the amount of pounds increases, so too must the price increase at that rate.