The cost per pound of coffee if three pounds of coffee costs $22. 56 is $7.52.
This is a basic division problem. Division is one of the four basic mathematic operations : addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Here the cost of an item implies the amount of money required to purchase that item.
Here it is given that three pounds of coffee cost $22.56, therefore one pound of coffee cost is obtained by dividing the cost of three pounds o coffee by the amount of coffee, that is 3.
Cost per pound of coffee = $22.56/ 3
= $7.52
Thus one pound of coffee costs 7 dollars and 52 cents.
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