You need to buy potato chips. The 10-ounce bag costs $1.10. The 40-ounce bag costs $3.96. Which bag is the better buy?

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Steele

6 January, 11:10

You need to buy potato chips. The 10-ounce bag costs $1.10. The 40-ounce bag costs $3.96. Which bag is the better buy?

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Nash · Answer 1

the 40 ounce bag is better

Step-by-step explanation:

this is because if you multiply $1.10 by 4 you get $4.40. This means that the 40 ounce bag is cheaper

Mikayla Bradley · Answer 2

You start with 1.10 divided by 10. Than you get your anwser which is 0.11. Than you multiply that by 40 which should be 4.40. The anwser is the 40 ounce bag