To find: which size of popcorn is the best buy and what is cost to volume ration?
Answer to Problem 26IP
Large size, 0.0090
Explanation of Solution
Given information: A table of popcorn sizes is given,
size | Length (in.) | width (in.) | Height (in.) | Price ($) |
Small | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4.50 |
medium | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5.75 |
large | 10 | 6 | 12 | 6.50 |
Formula used:
Volume of rectangle prism =
Calculation:
Small size,
Medium size,
large size,
From (1) (2) and (3)
Cost to volume ration, is lowest in case of large size popcorn.
Therefore, larger size is best buy.
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