Question

16. Mum went shopping at the vegetable stand.

Answer 1

Good evening

Answer:

a) the cost of one apple is €0.9

b) the cost of one pineapple is €5.4

c) the cost of two pineapples and six apples is €16.2

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider P the price of a pineapple

               A the price of an apple

A pineapple costs six times as much as an apple means P = 6A

Mum paid €7.20 for one pineapple and two apples means P + 2A = 7.20

then

6A + 2A = 7.20

then

8A = 7.20

then

A = €0.9  

Since P = 6A then P = 6×(0.9) = €5.4

the cost of two pineapples and six apples

= 2P + 6A

= 2P + P

= 3P

= 3×(5.4)

= €16.2