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helen buys two pineapples she pays with a £5 note and gets £3.60 change work out the cost of one pineapple

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Answer:

Each pineapple costs £0.70.

Explanation:

Let P be the number of pineapples Helen purchased and C the cost per pineapple, in £.

Helen's total cost would be: P*C = total cost.

The total cost is the difference between £5 and £3.60, which is £1.40.

We are given P (the number of pineapples, 2) and the total cost (£1.40) , so enter those numbers in the equation:

P*C = total cost

2*C = £1.40

C = £0.70

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