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Mary spent $5.39 on apples. If the cost is $0.98 per pound,how many pounds did Mary buy?
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Mary spent $5.39 on apples. If the cost is $0.98 per pound,how many pounds did Mary buy?

User Tom Chung
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5.39/.98=5.5
Answer is 5.5 lbs
User Jeffrey Hantin
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5.39=0.98p
This is the equation to find how many pounds of apples Mary bought. $5.39 is the amount spent, which is equal to $0.98 multiplied by the number of pounds bought.
5.39=0.98p
5.5=p
Mary bought 5.5 pounds of apples.
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