Henry is buying orange juice to make punch for a party. He can buy the juice in 32 -oz cartons for $ \$ 2.56 $ each or 48 -oz cartons for $ \$ 3.36 $ each. Complete the statements which explain which is a better value.
Since the cost per ounce of the $ 48-\mathrm{oz} $ carton is Choose...
which is Choose...
the 32 -oz carton, the Choose...
is a better value.

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$ 0.07 < 0.08, $ so $ \text{48-oz carton} $ is a better value.

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Step 1 ：$ \text{32-oz carton cost per ounce: } \frac{2.56}{32} = \$ 0.08 $

Step 2 ：$ \text{48-oz carton cost per ounce: } \frac{3.36}{48} = \$ 0.07 $

Step 3 ：$ 0.07 < 0.08, $ so $ \text{48-oz carton} $ is a better value.