Despite his name, Mr. Bean likes to eat lots of fruit. He finds that four apples and two oranges cost £1.54 and that two oranges

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and four bananas cost £1.70. How much would he have to pay if he bought one apple, one orange and one banana?

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Iteru [2.4K] · Answer 1 · 2023-03-30T08:27:31+03:00

The cost of one apple, one orange and one banana is $0.81

To solve this equation, we would write out equations on this.

<h3>What is an Equation</h3>

This is a mathematical statement used to represent word problems.

$4x+2y=1.54...equation(i)\\2y+4z= 1.70...equation (ii)$

when we add both equations, the resultant value is

$4x+4y+4z=3.24$

We can further divide through by 4 to know the cost of one apple, one orange and one banana

$\frac{4x+4y+4z}{4}=\frac{3.24}{4}\\ x+y+z=0.81$

It would cost Mr. Bean $0.81 to purchase one apple, one orange and one banana.

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