Question

J spent 16.50 at store. She bought 2 pounds of apples, 2 pounds of bananas, and 3 pounds of plums. Apples were 2.20 a pound and bananas were 3.60. What was the price per pound of the plums?

Answer 1

He spent $4.40 on apples, and $7.20 on bannans. If you add it you get $11.6, meaning he spent $4.90 on plums (16.5 - 11.6 = 4.9). Then you have to divide by 3 to get the per pound since there were 3 plums. You will get a repeating decimal (1.633) so you would round it to 1.63.

Plums cost $1.63 per pound.