A5-pound bag of apples cost $3.50. use that rate, to complete the table to identify equivalent ratios, and then answer the questions. apples *? 5 ? 15 cost 0.70 3.50 7 ? apples cost $ __ per pound.

Cost 0.70 per pound.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you see the cost and the weight you can get the price per pound, so if 5 pounds cost $3.50, you can evaluate doing a rule of three:

So if you clear X you´d get this:

So the cost per pound is $0.70.

Now that you have the cost per pound you can do the equivalent ratios:

Cost---------------Apples

0.70---------------1 pound

3.5--------------- 5 pounds

  7---------------  10 pounds