A 60 ounce glass bottle of juice sells for $4.20 while a 1.5 liter of the same juice sells in a plastic bottle for $3.06. What is the unit prices of the juice for the two containers (1 liter is approximately 34 ounces)?

Answer 1

Isaiah Anthony

Glass bottle juice costs #70# cents per ounce while plastic bottle juice costs #60# cents per ounce.

#1# litre #= 34 # ounces , #:. 1.5# litre #= 34*1.5=51 # ounces

#60# ounces glass bottle juice costs #$4.20# , therefore ,

#1# ounce glass bottle juice costs #4.20/60 =$ 0.7 = 70# cents

#51# ounces plastic bottle juice costs #$3.06# , therefore ,

#1# ounce plastic bottle juice costs #3.06/51=0.6 =60# cents

Glass bottle juice costs #70# cents per ounce while plastic bottle

juice costs #60# cents per ounce [Ans]

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Answer 2

Hazel Anglin

The unit price of the juice in the glass bottle is approximately $0.07 per ounce, and the unit price of the juice in the plastic bottle is approximately$ 0.045 per ounce.

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