Question

The price of salmon at a fish market cost $5.40 per pound. This is 150% of its cost at a supermarket . How much would it cost per pound at the supermarket ?

Answer 1

So to find this answer we would divide 5.40 by 1.50 to get our total price of the fish at the supermarket.
5.4/1.5 = 3.6
So the fish costed $3.60 at the supermarket.
Hope I helped!

Answer 2

Answer:

The price of salmon at the supermarket is $\ 3.6$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x------> The price of salmon at the supermarket  

we know that

The price of salmon at a fish market cost $\ 5.40$ per pound and this price represent $150\%$ of its cost at a supermarket

so

by proportion

Find the price of salmon at the supermarket

$\frac{5.40}{150}=\frac{x}{100} \\150*x=5.40*100\\x=5.40*100/150\\ x=\ 3.6$