Question

Carina spent a total of $5.27 buying a pineapple for $3.40 and several pounds of tomatoes that were on sale for $0.85 per pound. To determine the number of pounds of tomatoes that she bought, x, Carina wrote and solved the equation as shown below.

Answer 1

pretty sure its B.

Explanation:

Answer 2

okay so I'm going to set up a equation:

5.27= 3.40+ 0.85x, we have our total our price of one pineapple and our variable

next I isolate the variable:

5.27-3.40=0.85x

next:

1.87=0.85x

x= 2.2

she bought 2.2 pounds of tomatoes