Question

The store is selling lemons at $0.60 each. Each lemon yields about 2 tablespoons of juice. How much will it cost to buy enough lemons to make four 9-inch lemon pies, each requiring half a cup of lemon juice?

Answer 1

$9.60

Explanation:

This is a tricky question because it uses different units.

Let's first convert everything to one unit to make things simpler

1 cup = 16 tablespoons

1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons

Each lemon yields 2 tablespoons of juice

Each lemon pie requires 1/2 cup of juice = 8 tablespoons of juice

4 lemon pies will require 4 x 8 = 32 tablespoons of juice

To get 32 tablespoons at 2 tablespoons per lemon we will require 32/2 = 16 lemons

16 lemons at $0.60 per lemon will cost 16 x 0.60 = $9.60 ANS