Mrs. Swanson gives out only one type of candy for Halloween. The local discount store sells six pounds of butterscotch candies for $\$7.50$. Use proportional reasoning to determine the information below. Be sure to explain your answer and organize your reasoning.  

1. What is the cost of $18$ pounds of butterscotch candies?

   Hint (a):

   How much does one pound of butterscotch cost?

   $6\;\text{pounds}=\$7.50$

   $1\ \text{pound}=\$1.25$

   More Help (a):

   How much would $18$ pounds of butterscotch cost?

   Answer (a):

   $\$1.25(18)=\$22.50$

2. What is the cost of $10$ pounds of butterscotch candies?

   Hint (b):

   Follow the steps in part (a).