Question

Suri is buying fruit to make a fruit salad.She buys x pounds of strawberries that cost $3.99 per pound and y pound of blueberries that cost $4.99 per pound.Write an algebraic expression to represent this situation.

Answer 1

Answer: Cost of strawberries and blueberries in the fruit salad,

C= 3.99x +4.99y

Explanation:

Let the amount of strawberry be x pounds

Let the amount of blueberries be y

The fruit salad contains x pounds of strawberry and y pounds of blueberries

Cost of strawberries and blueberries in the fruit salad ,

C= 3.99x +4.99y

This is the algebraic expression to represent this situation.