Question

A chef buys 9 cucumbers,18 peppers, and 21 tomatoes at the farmers market how much does she spend cucumbers cost 6 for 2 dallied peppers cost 12 for 9$ tomatoes cost 6 for 4$

Answer 1

9 cucumbers= 6/$2 so 3/$1 So to buy 9 cucumbers, you'd need $3
18 peppers=12/$9 so 6/$3 So to buy 18 peppers, you'd need $12
21 tomatoes=6/$4 so 3/$2 So to buy 21 tomatoes, you'd need$14
In total, you would need $29.

Answer 2

Answer: $30.5

Explanation: To solve this problem, we need to calculate how much the chef spent in each one of the products (cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes), to do that, we can use the given relationship between the number of products and their prices:

first the cucumbers:

6 cucumbers cost $2 so 1 cucumber will cost:

cost of 1 cucumber=2/6

and the final cost will be the cost of 1 cucumber multiplied by the number of cucumbers the chef bought:

C(cost of cucumbers)=9*2/6

C=$3

Now we do the same thing for the peppers and the tomatoes:

cost of 1 pepper=9/12

P(cost of peppers)=18*9/12

P=$13.5

Cost of 1 tomato=4/6

T(cost of tomatoes)=21*4/6

T=$14

So the total amount of money would be the sum of the cost of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes:

total=C+P+T

total=$3+$13.5+$14

total=$30.5