Question

A British recipe says to use 700 grams of apples to make an apple pie. A pound of apples costs $1.40.How much will it cost to buy the apples for the pie?

Answer 1

Given:

A British recipe says to use 700 grams of apples to make an apple pie.

A pound of apples costs $1.40.

`1\text{ gram=0.0022 pounds}`

`\begin{gathered} \text{Amount of apple used to make recipe in pounds=}700*0.0022 \\ \text{Amount of apple used to make recipe in pounds=}1.54 \end{gathered}`

`\begin{gathered} \text{Cost to buy apples for apple pie=1.40}*1.54 \\ \text{Cost to buy apples for apple pie= \$2.16} \end{gathered}`

Cost to buy the apples for the pie is $2.16