There are 16 ounces in one pound. if 3.4 pounds of beef cost $4.95, what is the cost per ounce, to the nearest cent? $0.09 $0.31 $1.05 $1.46 $10.99

The first step to solving this is to make an equation. in order to find out how much one ounce is,, we will need to divide 3.4 by 4.95.
4.95 ÷ 3.4
the first step to solving this is to convert the first decimal number into a fraction
99/20 ÷ 3.4
now convert the second decimal number into a fraction
 ÷ 
to divide by a fraction,, you need to multiply by the reciprocal of that fraction. this will look like the following:
x 
now reduce the numbers with 5
x 
next youll need to multiply the fractions together

now that you know what the cost is as a fraction,, you need to turn it into a decimal. you can do this by dividing the top of the fraction by the bottom of the fraction
99 ÷ 68 = 1.45588235
right now,, the decimal is too long to be a price so we need to round in the hundreths place in order to get the most accurate price we can. when rounding,, if the number is less than 5 then you need to round down. if the number is 5 or larger,, round up. when looking at the hundreths place you can see that it is a 5 which means we need to round up to 1.46. this means that the correct answer to your question is $1.46 per ounce,, or option D.
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