Question

In Veggie Grill restaurant, 3.50 kg green peppers and 2.25 kg red peppers are needed for cooking. The cost of 1 kg peppers is $1.5. What is the total cost of green and red peppers?

Answer 1

$8.625

Explanation:

First you need to find how much it costs for 3.50 kg of green peppers so what you do is 3.50 times 1.5 (how much per kg) and you get 5.25. Then you need to find how much 2.25 kg of red peppers cost you do this by multiplying 2.25 by 1.5 and you get 3.375. It asks for the total cost so you need to add those two answers and you get 8.625.

Answer 2

Total cost = $
`8.625`

Explanation:

Let x be the total cost of green and red peppers.

Given

In Veggie Grill restaurant, 3.50 kg green peppers and 2.25 kg red peppers are needed for cooking.

The cost of 1 kg peppers is $1.5.

The total cost of red paper and green paper is

Total cost = cost of green paper
`*` weight of green paper + cost of red paper
`*` weight of red paper

`x=1.5* 3.50 +1.5* 2.25`

`x=5.25 +3.375`

`x=8.625`

The total cost of green and red peppers is $8.625