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If the unit price for watermelon is $0.24 per pound and Jared pays $1.68 for a watermelon, how many pounds does his watermelon wiegh?

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brianaelynn
The watermelon weighs 7 pounds

Proof: 

remove the decimal points then divide 168 by 24

168/24 = 7

The watermelon weighs 7 pounds
JibblyJonnies
The answer is 7 pounds.

To answer this you create a proportion like this
[tex] \frac{0.24}{1} = \frac{1.68}{?} [/tex]
The top values represent the cost and the bottom values represent the weight in pounds

You cross multiply and divide to get 7 pounds, which is the answer