Question

In one store, bananas cost 60 cents per pound. The cost, in dollars, of x pounds of bananas is 0.6x. What is the cost of 2.50 pounds of bananas?
A) $0.42
B) $4.17
C) $1.50
D) $1.70

Answer 1

bananas cost 60 cents per pound
The cost, in dollars, of x pounds of bananas is 0.6x

if 2.50 pounds of bananas then
0.6(2.5) = 1.50

answer
C) $1.50

Answer 2

That would be 0.6 * 2.50  dollars   ( replacing the x by 2.50)

Answer is $1.50

C