{"id":212706,"date":"2025-05-08T06:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=212706"},"modified":"2025-05-08T06:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T06:33:16","slug":"jack-wants-to-find-out-which-can-of-pineapples-is-the-best-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/08\/jack-wants-to-find-out-which-can-of-pineapples-is-the-best-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack wants to find out which can of pineapples is the best buy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jack wants to find out which can of pineapples is the best buy. He has a choice of four different-sized cans. Which can has the lowest unit price per ounce?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s address each question one at a time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n\n\n\n

    1. Finding the Lowest Unit Price per Ounce<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    To determine which can of pineapples is the best buy<\/strong>, we need to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • The price<\/strong> of each can<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The weight\/volume<\/strong> (in ounces) of each can<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      The unit price<\/strong> is calculated as: Unit Price=PriceNumber of Ounces\\text{Unit Price} = \\frac{\\text{Price}}{\\text{Number of Ounces}}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Since that information wasn’t provided, could you share the price and weight<\/strong> of the four cans? Once I have that, I\u2019ll calculate the unit prices for each and identify the lowest one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n\n\n\n

      2. Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      We are given three expressions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      • 45y45y<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 63y463y^4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 9y39y^3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Step 1: Factor each expression<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • 45y=3\u00d73\u00d75\u00d7y=32\u00d75\u00d7y45y = 3 \\times 3 \\times 5 \\times y = 3^2 \\times 5 \\times y<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 63y4=3\u00d73\u00d77\u00d7y4=32\u00d77\u00d7y463y^4 = 3 \\times 3 \\times 7 \\times y^4 = 3^2 \\times 7 \\times y^4<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 9y3=3\u00d73\u00d7y3=32\u00d7y39y^3 = 3 \\times 3 \\times y^3 = 3^2 \\times y^3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Step 2: Find common factors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • The common numerical factor is 32=93^2 = 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The lowest power of yy common to all three is yy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            \u2705 Final Answer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

            GCF=9y\\text{GCF} = 9y<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Jack wants to find out which can of pineapples is the best buy. He has a choice of four different-sized cans. Which can has the lowest unit price per ounce? The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Let\u2019s address each question one at a time: 1. Finding the Lowest Unit Price per Ounce To determine which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}