A box of cereal cost $3.59 for 30 oz. How much is the unit rate per ounce? Round to the nearest cent.
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do 3.59 divided by 30. and that answer is how much each ounce costs.
To find the unit rate per ounce, you need to divide the total cost by the total number of ounces.
In this case, the total cost of the cereal is $3.59, and the total number of ounces is 30.
So, to find the unit rate per ounce, divide $3.59 by 30:
$3.59 รท 30 = 0.1196
However, the question asks us to round to the nearest cent. Since the decimal place is in the thousandth place, we look at the hundredth place, which is 9. Since 9 is greater than or equal to 5, we round up.
Therefore, the unit rate per ounce is $0.12 (rounded to the nearest cent).