Question

Maria went to the grocery store and bought eight items .she bought two cartons of eggs at $2.15 each , a loaf of bread for $1.89, three steaks for $6.95 each , a bag of potatoes for $4.05, and 1 gallon of milk for $1.99 what is the approximate average cost per item for Maria’s grocery store purchase

Answer 1

$ 4.135 is the average cost of per item

Explanation:

Total items bought = 8

Total eggs cartons bought = 2

Price of one egg carton = $ 2.15

Price of two egg cartons = 2 * $ 2.15

= $ 4.30

Price of loaf of bread = $ 1.89

Total steaks bought = 3

Price of one steak = $ 6.95

Price of 3 steaks = 3 * $ 6.95

=$ 20.85

Price of bag f potato = $ 4.05

Price of gallon of milk = $ 1.99

Total Price of all the items = 4.30+1.89+20.85+4.05+1.99

= $ 33.08

Approximate average cost per item = Total price / No of items bought

Putting in the values

Average cost =
`(33.08)/(8)`

= $ 4.135