Question

layla buys 3.6 pounds of dried fruit. the dried fruit costs $4.55 per pound. layla wants to know the total cost of the fruit.

Answer 1

Given:

Layla buys 3.6 pounds of dried fruit.

Cost of dried fruit is $4.55 per pound.

Cost per pound is multiplied to the number of pounds we buy.

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total cost of the fruit }=3.6\times4.55 \\ =\text{ \ }16.38 \end{gathered}$