Cindy bought 3 pounds of candy for $2.16. At this rate , how much would the candy have cost if she had brought only 2 pounds?

To find out how much the candy would have cost if Cindy had bought only 2 pounds, we can set up a proportion using the given information:

3 pounds of candy costs $2.16

Let x be the cost of 2 pounds of candy.

We can set up the following proportion:

3 pounds / 2 pounds = $2.16 / x

Using cross multiplication, we have:

3 * x = 2 * $2.16

3x = $4.32

Dividing both sides of the equation by 3:

x = $4.32 / 3

x = $1.44

Therefore, if Cindy had bought only 2 pounds of candy, it would have cost $1.44.

To find out how much the candy would have cost if Cindy had bought only 2 pounds, we need to determine the cost per pound at the current rate.

Given that Cindy bought 3 pounds of candy for $2.16, we can calculate the cost per pound by dividing the total cost by the number of pounds:

Cost per pound = Total cost / Number of pounds

So, the cost per pound is:

Cost per pound = $2.16 / 3 pounds
Cost per pound = $0.72

Now, we can determine how much the candy would have cost if she had bought only 2 pounds. To do that, we multiply the cost per pound by the number of pounds:

Cost of 2 pounds of candy = Cost per pound * Number of pounds
Cost of 2 pounds of candy = $0.72 * 2 pounds
Cost of 2 pounds of candy = $1.44

Therefore, if she had bought only 2 pounds of candy instead of 3 pounds, it would have cost her $1.44.

2.16 / 3 = $0.72 per pound

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