7/8= 21/24 3/12= 6/24
17 21/24
-12 6/24
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5 15/24 = ~5 5/8 ~
The price of the pear is $0.6
Given:
The total cost of lunch is $3.50, consisting of a juice, a sandwich, and a pear.The juice cost 1.5 times as much as the pear.The sandwich costs $1.40 more than the pear.
From above statements
Juice + sandwich + pear = $3.50 -----------eq(1)
Juice = 1.5 * pear
sandwich = pear + $1.40
substitute juice and sandwich values in eq(1)
1.5 pear + pear + $1.40 + pear = $3.50
3.5 pear = $3.50 - $1.40
pear = $2.10/3.5
pear = $0.60
Hence the price of the pear is $0.6
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