Lydia buys 5 pounds of apples and 3 pounds of bananas for a total of $8.50. Ari buys 3 pounds of apples and 2 pounds of bananas for a total of $5.25. This system pound of apples, and y is the cost per pound of bananas. m of equations represents the situation, where x is the cost per pound of apples, and y is the cost per pound of bananas.