what fraction of the new price per ounce?

Question

A candy bar weighing 4 ounces costs 'c' cents.If the size of the candy bar is reduced to 3.6 ounces while the price remains the same, the old price per ounce is what fraction of the new price per ounce?

Answer 1

yer quesshun is bakward: em kut the size av the kandee bar but left kost the same=old trik tu up the pries & pretend em dont. quesshun shood be...how much did em up the kost????????... old size=4 owns, nu size=3.6 owns, so kut=0.4 owns=10% But...kost per owns go up 1/9=11.111111111111%