If dawn can buy 5 pounds of apples for $12.45, how many pounds can she buy for $1.00? express your answer as a decimal and round to the nearest tenth of a pound. pl

Dawn can buy 5 pounds of apples for $12.45

We have to find how many pounds can she buy for $1.00

Now cost price for 5 pounds = $12.45

In $12.45 , Dawn can buy 5 pounds of apple

So, In $ 1 , Dawn can buy 5/12.5 pound of apple

= 0.4 pound of apple

Therefore dawn can buy 0.4 pound of apple for $1.00

Hope this helps..!!

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so, converting firstly the mixed fractions to improper fractions and then "adding".