The price of a gallon of apple cider is $7.00 the price of eight 4.23 ounces juice boxes is $2.39 suppose the cider was instead packets like the juice in boxes approximately what is the cost per eight 4.23 ounce boxes of cider

$1.85

Step-by-step explanation:

$7.00 is the price of 1 gallon of apple cider

Step 1

The first step would be to find how many ounces make a gallon

And 1 gallon of apple cider juice = 128 ounces

Therefore,

$7.00 makes 128 ounces of apple cider juice

Step 2

The second step is to find how many ounces make 1 packet or package boxes

Eight 4.23 ounces juice boxes = 1 packet

Therefore, 8 × 4.23 ounces = 33.84 ounces.

Step 3

To find cost per eight 4.23 ounce boxes of cider which is the cost per 33.84 ounces,

We used the proportion below.

If 128 ounces = $7

33.84 ounces = Y( we call this y because it is unknown)

We cross multiply

128 ounces × Y = $7 × 33.84 ounces

Y =($7 × 33.84 ounces) ÷ 128 ounces

Y = $1.85

Therefore, 33.84 ounces which is would cost us $1.85.

Therefore, the cost is $1.85 per eight 4.23 ounce boxes of cider.

answer: the common difference is -0.10