-1/6 + 2/3 (9-3/4)-1/2
= -1/6 + 2/3 (33/4) -1/2
= -1/6 + 11/2 - 1/2
= 16/3 - 1/2
= 29/3
(1) x represents the number of apples bought, y represents the number of bananas.
(2) each term represents the total costs of a given fruit, so 0.50x is the total cost of apples and 0.30y is total cost of bananas.
(3) The coefficients are unit prices: coefficient 0.50 is the price of 1 apple, 0.30 is the price of 1 banana.
Well -24.07 and -24.05 there are numbers in between thoses like -24.06 or -24.04