In order to calculate the cost for 3 pounds of acorn squash, we can write the following rule of three:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{weight}\to\text{cost} \\ 4\text{ pounds}\to6.36 \\ 3\text{ pounds}\to x \end{gathered}[/tex]Then, we can write the following equation and solve it for x:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{4}{3}=\frac{6.36}{x} \\ 4\cdot x=3\cdot6.36 \\ 4x=19.08 \\ x=\frac{19.08}{4} \\ x=4.77 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore the cost of 3 pounds is $4.77.
