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The local farmer’s market sells a $4$ pound basket of pears for $$ 6.00$ . What is the price per pound?

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Solution

Find the price per pound:
The cost of $4$ pound basket is $$ 6.00$ .
The cost of $1$ pound basket is calculated as:
$Cost of 1 pound basket = \frac{$ 6.00}{4} = $ 1.50$
Hence, the price per pound is $$ 1.50$ .

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