Question

Last week, Maria bought k pounds of cherries at the regular price of $2.75 per pound. This week, cherries were on sale for 20 percent off, and maria bought twice as many pounds as she bought last week, which of the following is the total in dollar, Maria paid for the cherries last week and this week

Answer 1

Answer:

$7.15k

Step-by-step explanation:

So the first week, she used $2.75k

Then, you can calculate the amount for one pound the next week by doing 0.8 * 2.75 = 2.2

So the second week she used 2 * 2.2 * k = $4.4k

$4.4k + $2.75k = $7.15k

Might be wrong so check it.