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Which is a better buy — 400 g of biscuits costing $2.98, or a pack of biscuits with 400 g + 25% extra, costing $3.28?

 Oct 18, 2017
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Let A be the first pack of 400g, and B be the second pack of 400g+25%.

 

First, we calculate the total weight of pack B with the 25%:

 

400g25%=100g

400g+100g=500g in total

 

Then, we calculate the unit price (price per gram) for each pack: unitPrice=pricequantity

 

A). $2.98400g=$0.00745

 

B). $3.28500g=$0.00656

 

As we can clearly see, the unit price of A is greater than the unit price of B, therefore pack B is a better buy, but only by a fraction of a cent!

 Oct 18, 2017

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