Question

The store is selling lemons at $0.35 each. Each lemon yields about 2 tablespoons of juice. How much will it cost to buy enough lemons to make two 9-inch lemon pies, each requiring half a cup of lemon juice?

Answer 1

Total cost to buy required lemons = $ 2.8

Explanation:

Selling price of each lemon = $0.35

One 9-inch lemon pie requires 0.5 cup of lemon juice

⇒ Two 9-inch lemon pie will require 2 × 0.5 = 1 cup of lemon juice

In general, One cup contains 16 tablespoons of juice

Now, 2 tablespoons of juice is yielded by one lemon

`\implies\text{16 tablespoons of juice is yielded by = }(1)/(2)* 16\text{ = 8 lemons}`

NOw, Cost of 1 lemon = $0.35

Therefore, Cost of 8 lemons = 8 × 0.35 =$ 2.8

Hence, Total cost to buy required lemons = $ 2.8