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At the grocery store watermelon costs $1.27 per pound. If Heather buys a 5.5 lb watermelon, which proportion could she use to find out how much it will cost, c?

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Neuron
If you would like to know how much will the watermelon cost, you can calculate this using the following steps:

$1.27 ... 1 pound
$c = ? ... 5.5 pounds

1.27 * 5.5 = 1 * c
c = 1.27 * 5.5
c = $6.99

The correct result would be: c = $1.27 * 5.5 pounds = $6.99.
oceanbrex

Answer:

It's D.) 1/1.27 = 5.5/c

Step-by-step explanation:

Set up the proportion to be  

weight in pounds

cost

. Keeping the variables the same on both sides the correct proportion is

1 /1.27

=  

5.5 /c .

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