1. You have been directed to purchase chocolate for a new cake. You have found that several chocolates will produced the desired flavor profile as a result your purchasing decision will be based solely on cost. Your distributor has provided you with the following choices:

1. Cocoa Barry Mi-amre pistoles 5kg boxes packed 4 boxes per case. Case price $124.08
2. Guittard French Vanilla. 10# bars packed 5 bars per case. Case price $140
3. Des Alpes 73% Onyx Bitter Blanket 10kg per box. Box price $132
4. Scharffen Berger 70% Cacao Bittersweet ProPack 2 kg box. Box price $12.76

2. For each of the following, calculate the cost per pound of the particular product described. place you answer in the appropriate space. You answer should be in the following format $x.xx. For example $1.23 , $0.27 , etc. Round answer to the nearest cent.

1. 50 # bag of sugar costs $18.00. Sugar costs per pound
2. Case of eggs contains 15 dozen eggs. The edible portion of an egg weighs 1.75 ounces. The case costs $29.55. Eggs cost per pound.
3. A case of egg whites contains six 5# cartons and costs $44.82. Egg whites cost per pound.

3. The restaurant has decided to changethe chocolate they use on all their desserts.The original chocolate cost $4.56 per pound. The new chocolate costs $4.98.

Answer the following questions by filling in the blank.If needed round your answer to the nearest cent. a.The restaurant's chocolate mousse recipe requires 12 ounces of chocolate and yields 8- four ounce portions. If you need to make 80 portions for a party, the additional cost to change to the new chocolate in order to produce the mousse for the party is

b. If the chocolate mousse recipe cost $5.87 with the old chocolate (12 ounces), the cost of the recipe with the new chocolate using the costs per pound from the question above is.