Question

Preeti bought 8½kg of sugar for Rs 148¾ .
Find the price of sugar per kg. ​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

8½kg price =148¾

8.5kg=148.75rs

1kg=148.75/8.5=17.5rs

Answer 2

In context to question asked,

We have to determine the cost of 1 Kg of sugar.

As per question,

it is given that,

Preeti bought 8½kg of sugar for Rs 148¾ .

So, for determining the cost of 1 kg of sugar we will divide the total cost by the total quantity.

Hence, we will get the cost of 1 Kg of sugar as,

$=\frac{148\frac{3}{4}}{8\frac{1}{2}}\\=>\frac{148.75}{8.5}\\=>Rs.\:17.5$

Hence, cost of 1 kg of sugar will be Rs. 17.5