Recall that a pound is equal to 0.4536 kilograms. Suppose strawberries at a store in Canadacost 5.99 Canadian dollars per kilogram, and 3 Canadian dollars are worth 2.35 U.S. dollars.What is the price of strawberries in U.S. dollars per pound?

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Recall that a pound is equal to 0.4536 kilograms. Suppose strawberries at a store in Canadacost 5.99 Canadian dollars per kilogram, and 3 Canadian dollars are worth 2.35 U.S. dollars.What is the price of strawberries in U.S. dollars per pound?

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Given that the cost of strawberries at a store in Canada costs 5.99 Canadian dollars per kilogram.

We know that 3 Canadian dollars are worth 2.35 U.S. dollars.

This means 

1 5.99 Canadian dollars=2.353 US dollars5.99 Canadian dollars=5.99×2.353 US dollars=4.69216666667 US dollars

So the cost of strawberries at a store in Canada costs U.S. dollars per kilogram.

 

 

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