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because of an unexpected cold snap the cost of tomatoes increase 50% in 1 month if the cost after the increase was 96 cents per ounce what was the cost before the increase

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midknight9

Since we are told that the cost of tomatoes increased by 50%, we can then solve for the price prior the the cost spike:

[tex] 1.5x=96 [/tex]

Then we solve for x:

[tex] x=64 [/tex]

Therefore we are able to say that the cost per ounce of tomatoes before the increase in price was 64 cents.

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