Question

Grant bought strawberries and bananas from the grocery store to make smoothies. The total amount he spent can be represented by the expression 1.8s + 0.65b, where s is the number of pounds of strawberries and b is the number of pounds bananas. If Grant bought 2.7 pounds of strawberries and 1.4 pounds of bananas, how much did he spend? Amount spent can be represented by the exper

Answer 1

$5.77

Explanation:

Given expression:

1.8s + 0.65b

where,

s = the number of pounds of strawberries

b = the number of pounds bananas

If Grant bought 2.7 pounds of strawberries and 1.4 pounds of bananas

s = 2.7 pounds

b = 1.4 pounds

how much did he spend?

1.8s + 0.65b

= 1.8(2.7) + 0.65(1.4)

= 4.86 + 0.91

= $5.77

He spent $5.77 on both items