Restaurants charge about 3 times the cost of food for items on the menu. A restaurant pays $7 per pound for fish, $2 for a dozen lemons, and $6 for parsley. If 2 fish dinners can be made from this, how much would this meal costs?
My answer is $36
The ingredients cost $15. How did you get $36?
Ms. Sue I got $45 dollars I multiplied 15 x 3 = 45
Yes, $45 is right for two meals.
To determine the cost of the meal, you need to calculate the total expense for the ingredients and then multiply it by the restaurant's markup factor.
First, calculate the total cost of the ingredients:
- 2 fish dinners can be made from 2 pounds of fish, which costs $7 per pound. So, the total cost of fish would be 2 x $7 = $14.
- The cost of lemons is $2 per dozen and you didn't specify how many lemons are used in a fish dinner, so we'll assume it is one lemon. Therefore, the cost of lemons would be $2.
- The cost of parsley is $6.
Adding up the costs of fish, lemons, and parsley:
$14 (fish) + $2 (lemons) + $6 (parsley) = $22.
Next, multiply the cost of the ingredients by the restaurant's markup factor, which is 3. So, $22 x 3 = $66.
Therefore, the cost of this meal would be $66, not $36 as you mentioned in your answer.