The bag of peanuts shown is on sale for $9.30. the pep club wants to divide the larger bag into 3/4 pound bags to sell at football games. One bag is 5 pounds. how much will it cost to fill one smaller bag?

1 bag costs $9.30

1 bag weighs 5 pounds

Therefore,

5 pounds costs $9.30.

We need to get the cost per pound by dividing the total cost of the bag by the total number of pounds in the bag.

$9.30 / 5 = $1.86 per pound.

The pep club wants to divide the larger bag into smaller bags with 3/4 pounds in it.

3/4 pounds is 75% of 1 pound. where: 3/4 * 1 = 0.75 * 100% = 75%

To get the cost of the smaller bag containing 3/4 pounds, we must compute the cost per pound based on the percentage of its weight.

1 pound = $1.86. Since, the smaller bag only contains 75% weight of peanuts, it must also cost 75% of the cost per pound.

Thus, $1.86 * 75% = $1.395 cost per smaller bag