a customer purchased a package of ground beef at a cost of $ 1.80 per pound. for the same amount of money, the customer could have purchased a piece of steak that weighed 20 percent less than the package of ground beef. what was the cost per pound of the steak?
Choose one.
A) $ 2.05  B) $ 2.15  C) $ 2.25  D) $ 2.35  E) $ 2.45
<gadget id="calculator">1 / 4</gadget>
<output>1/4 = around 0.25</output>

<gadget id="calculator">(1/4) * 2</gadget>
<output>1/2 = around 0.5</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 / 3</gadget>
<output>1/3 = around 0.333333</output>

<gadget id="calculator">(1/3) * 1</gadget>
<output>1/3 = around 0.333333</output>

<gadget id="calculator">(1/2) + (1/3)</gadget>
<output>5/6 = around 0.833333</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1.8 / (5/6)</gadget>
<output>2.16</output>

<result>C</result>
a customer purchased a package of ground beef at a cost of $ 1.80 per pound. for the same amount of money, the customer could have purchased a piece of steak that weighed 20 percent less than the package of ground beef. what was the cost per pound of the steak?
divide(1.8, add(multiply(const_0_25, const_2), multiply(const_0_33, const_1)))
for simplicity , let ' s assume the customer bought 1 pound of ground beef for $ 1.80 . let x be the price per pound for the steak . then 0.8 x = 180 x = 180 / 0.8 = $ 2.25 the answer is c .