Question

Manuel bought 9 pounds of apples. He has eaten 3/4 of a pound so far and has​ $15 worth of apples left. Write and solve an equation to find the cost of the apples per pound to the nearest dollar. How much did the apples cost per​ pound?

Answer 1

Answer:

About $1.82

Step-by-step explanation:

Manuel bought 9 pounds, and he ate 1/3 of a pound, or 0.75. So you should do 9- 1/3 or 9- 0.75, which equals to 8.25.

Since it worths $15 after he ate the apples, you shouldmake out an equation of 8.25x=15 in order to get the amount of money per each pound.

Answer 2

Manuel bought pounds of apples and eat 3/4 of 1 pound
That is 0.75 pounds
Thus 9-0.75=8.25 pounds of apples left with him.
It is given that the cost of 25 pounds of Apple is dollar.
Let the cost of 1 pound of Apple be x.

8.25 multiply X=15

8.25x. 10
————. = ——
8.25. 8.25

X=10
——
8.25

X=1.818181

X=2

Then the cost of Apple is above two dollars per pound