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At the farmers' market, watermelons cost $1.99 per pound and cantaloupes cost $2.99 per pound. Rob buys one watermelon that weighs pounds and one cantaloupe that weighs pounds.

Write an expression for the cost of the cost of the watermelon and the cantolope in $

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x = number of pounds

t = total her spent

$1.99x + $2.99x = t

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User John Jerrby
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Let watermelons = w

Let cantaloupes = c

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As given, a pound of cantaloupe = $2.99, while a pound of watermelon = $1.99

The expression will look like:

2.99c + 1.99w

The equation will look like:

Let t = total

t = 2.99c + 1.99w

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