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prealgebra junior

Problem

Laszlo went online to shop for black pepper and found thirty different black pepper options varying in weight and price, shown in the scatter plot below. In ounces, what is the weight of the pepper that offers the lowest price per ounce?
problem
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We are looking for a black point, that when connected to the origin, yields the lowest slope. The slope represents the price per ounce. We can visually find that the point with the lowest slope is the blue point. Furthermore, it is the only one with a price per ounce significantly less than . Finally, we see that the blue point is in the category with a weight of ounces.
Final answer
C