You can buy 5 cans for green beans at the village market for $4.00. You can buy 10 of the same cans of beans at Sam’s club for $5.70. Which place is the better buy?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
You can buy 5 cans for green beans at the village market for $4.00. You can buy 10 of the same cans of beans at Sam’s club for $5.70.
Determine which place is better to buy.
Solution:
In order to determine which place is better to buy we simply need to solve for the price per can separately.
Village market:
= $4.00/5 cans
=$0.8 per can
Sam's Club
= $5.70/10 cans
= $0.57 per can
It can be seen that the price per can at Sam's club is lesser than the village market.
Final answer:
It is better to buy at Sam's club since the price is lesser.