{"id":251292,"date":"2025-07-10T16:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=251292"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:10:00","slug":"alice-loves-rope-licorice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/10\/alice-loves-rope-licorice\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice loves rope licorice."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alice loves rope licorice. She is offered the three following deals: Deal 1: She can buy licorice ropes at a rate of
1.92 per foot. Deal 3: She can buy licorice ropes for $0.14 per inch. Alice wants to buy 1.5 yards of licorice rope at the lowest price. What deal should she select? (Note: 1 yard = 3 feet; 1 foot = 12 inches) A. Deal 1 B. Deal 2 C. Deal 3 D. Deal 1 and 3 provide equal prices for the licorice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

To determine which deal Alice should select, let’s break down the cost for each option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Convert yards to feet and inches<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • 1 yard = 3 feet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alice wants to buy 1.5 yards of licorice rope. 1.5\u2009yards\u00d73\u2009feet\/yard=4.5\u2009feet1.5 \\, \\text{yards} \\times 3 \\, \\text{feet\/yard} = 4.5 \\, \\text{feet}1.5yards\u00d73feet\/yard=4.5feet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Deal 1: Price per foot<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • The price for licorice rope in Deal 1 is $1.92 per foot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Since Alice wants 4.5 feet, the total cost for Deal 1 is: 1.92\u2009per\u00a0foot\u00d74.5\u2009feet=8.641.92 \\, \\text{per foot} \\times 4.5 \\, \\text{feet} = 8.641.92per\u00a0foot\u00d74.5feet=8.64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Deal 2: Price per inch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • The price for licorice rope in Deal 3 is $0.14 per inch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Since 1 foot = 12 inches, Alice wants 4.5 feet of rope, which is: 4.5\u2009feet\u00d712\u2009inches\/foot=54\u2009inches4.5 \\, \\text{feet} \\times 12 \\, \\text{inches\/foot} = 54 \\, \\text{inches}4.5feet\u00d712inches\/foot=54inches<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The total cost for Deal 3 is: 0.14\u2009per\u00a0inch\u00d754\u2009inches=7.560.14 \\, \\text{per inch} \\times 54 \\, \\text{inches} = 7.560.14per\u00a0inch\u00d754inches=7.56<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Comparison<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • Deal 1 costs $8.64 for 4.5 feet of licorice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Deal 3 costs $7.56 for 4.5 feet of licorice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Alice should select Deal 3<\/strong>, which offers the lowest price of $7.56 for 4.5 feet of licorice rope. The correct answer is C. Deal 3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Alice loves rope licorice. She is offered the three following deals: Deal 1: She can buy licorice ropes at a rate of1.92 per foot. Deal 3: She can buy licorice ropes for $0.14 per inch. Alice wants to buy 1.5 yards of licorice rope at the lowest price. What deal should she select? (Note: 1 […]<\/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-251292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251292","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=251292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}