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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. A large bag is 5 pounds. How much will it cost to fill one smaller bag?

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$1.40 is the cost to fill one smaller bag.

cost of large bag = $9.30
each bag contains 5 pounds.

cost per pound = 9.30 / 5 = 1.86
one smaller bag = 3/4 pounds
cost of one smaller bag = 3/4 * 1.86 = 1.395 or 1.40