Mr. Donahue needs eq177745_s1 pounds of flour to make 5 loaves of bread. He bought a 50-pound bag of flour that costs $64.99. About how much will Mr. Donahue spend on flour for a loaf of bread?
A
$1.17
B
$5.85
C
$6.50
D
$58.49
how is this on A please explain
i is 4 1 /2 half pounds by the way
What is this?
eq177745_s1
4 1/2
To find out how much Mr. Donahue would spend on flour for a single loaf of bread, we need to divide the total cost of the 50-pound bag of flour by the number of loaves it can make.
First, let's calculate how many loaves can be made from a 50-pound bag of flour. We know that Mr. Donahue needs eq177745_s1 pounds of flour to make 5 loaves of bread. Therefore, we can set up a proportion:
eq177745_s1 pounds of flour / 5 loaves = 50 pounds of flour / X loaves
Cross-multiplying, we get:
eq177745_s1 * X = 50 * 5
eq177745_s1 * X = 250
Now, we can solve for X by dividing both sides of the equation by eq177745_s1:
X = 250 / eq177745_s1
So, each loaf of bread requires 50 / 5 = 10 pounds of flour.
Next, we divide the cost of the 50-pound bag of flour by the total number of loaves it can make:
$64.99 / 10 loaves = $6.499
Rounding this to two decimal places, we get $6.50.
Therefore, Mr. Donahue will spend approximately $6.50 on flour for a loaf of bread, which corresponds to answer choice C.