You buy butter for $3 a pound. One portion of onion compote requires 1.7 oz of butter.
How much does the butter for one portion cost? Round to the nearest cent.

There are 16 ounces in one pound.

Set up a proportion and solve for x.

3/x = 16/1.7

16x = 3(1.7)

16x = 5.1

x = 5.1 ÷ 16

x = 0.31875

Rounding to the nearest cent, we get 30 cents.

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