Sam is serving spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. The pasta costs $1.00 per box, a jar of sauce is $2.00 and 1 pound of meatballs is $5.00. He wants to stretch this meal into 8 servings. How much does each serving cost?
A step-by-step solution is:
1
The pasta is $1.

00, the sauce is $2.

00 and the meat is $5.

00 for a total of 1 + 2 + 5 = $8.

00.

He wants to stretch this meal into 8 servings so each serving will cost 8 / 8 = $1.

00.

.

Therefore, the answer is 1