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In a certain grocery store, strawberries cost $4.16 per pound ( 4.16 dollars/lb ). What is the cost per ounce?

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JoshEast
1 pound ≡ 16 ounces

If the price of 1 pound = $4.16
then the price of 16 ounces = $4.16

Since 16 ounces = $4.16
    [tex]then by dividing both sides by 16[/tex]

      ⇒  (16 ÷ 16) = ($4.16 ÷ 16)

       ⇒     The price of one ounce is $0.26
Oseni

The cost per ounce of the strawberry would be $0.26

Conversion from pound to ounce

According to units of conversion:

1 pound = 16 ounce.

Thus: if the strawberry costs $4.16 per pound or 16 ounces, the cost per ounce can be calculated as:

4.16 = 16 ounce

X = 1 ounce

              X = 4.16/16

                    = 0.26

The cost of the strawberries per ounce would be $0.26

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