A customer purchased a package of ground beef at a cost of $1.96 per pound. For the same amount of money, the customer could have purchased a piece of steak that weighed 30 percent less than the package of ground beef. What was the cost per pound of the steak?	Choose the correct option: A) $4.65 B) $4.10 C) $3.60 D) $3.20 E) $2.80
For simplicity, let's assume the customer bought 1 pound of ground beef for $1.96.   Let x be the price per pound for the steak.   Then 0.7x = 196   x = 196/0.7 = $2.80   The answer is $2.80.
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A customer purchased a package of ground beef at a cost of $1.96 per pound. For the same amount of money, the customer could have purchased a piece of steak that weighed 30 percent less than the package of ground beef. What was the cost per pound of the steak?