Question

Mrs. Magee compared the price per pound of two different kinds of fruit, apples and bananas, at her grocery

store. She used the equation below to find the cost, y, of x pounds of apples.
Cost of Apples
y = 1.40x
To find the cost per pound of bananas, she used the following table.
A
Cost of Bananas
D $1:40
Number of Pounds
2
4
6
What is the difference in the price per pound of apples and bananas?
$0.80
B $0.90
C $1.20
Total Cost
$1.20
$2.40
$3.60

Answer 1

To find the cost per pound of bananas, divide the total cost of bananas by the number of pounds. Then subtract the cost per pound of bananas from the cost per pound of apples.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the cost per pound of bananas, we can divide the total cost of bananas by the number of pounds.

According to the table, the total cost of bananas for 2 pounds is $1.20, for 4 pounds is $2.40, and for 6 pounds is $3.60.

Now we can calculate the cost per pound by dividing the total cost by the number of pounds.

For 2 pounds, the cost per pound is $1.20 / 2 = $0.60.

For 4 pounds, the cost per pound is $2.40 / 4 = $0.60.

For 6 pounds, the cost per pound is $3.60 / 6 = $0.60.

Therefore, the cost per pound of bananas is $0.60. Now we can find the difference in the price per pound of apples and bananas.

The price per pound of apples is given by the equation y = 1.40x. So the price per pound of apples is $1.40.

The difference in the price per pound of apples and bananas is $1.40 - $0.60 = $0.80.

Therefore, the correct answer is $0.80.