Question

Martha went to buy some apples. She found two variants. First one was locally grown which costs 3 dollars per oz while the other was imported from the neighbouring state which costs 5 dollars per 2 oz. Then the variant that costs more is .

Answer 1

Cost of locally grown apples = 3 dollars per oz
Cost of imported apples = 5 dollars per 2 oz
$\therefore$ Cost of 1 oz of the imported apples = $\frac{5}{2}$

$\frac{\mathrm{Cost}\mathrm{of}1\mathrm{oz}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{locally}\mathrm{grown}\mathrm{apple}s}{\text{Cost of 1 oz of imported apples}}$
= $\frac{3}{\frac{5}{2}}$ = $\frac{6}{5}$= 6:5
$\Rightarrow$ The locally grown apples are costlier than imported apples.