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Cai wants to buy cherries and apples to make a fruit tart. Cherries cost $3.75 per pound and apples cost $2.25 per pound. How much does he spend if he buys 2 pounds of cherries and 1.5 pounds of apples?
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Cai wants to buy cherries and apples to make a fruit tart. Cherries cost $3.75 per

pound and apples cost $2.25 per pound. How much does he spend if he buys 2
pounds of cherries and 1.5 pounds of apples? How much does he spend if he buys x
pounds of cherries and y pounds of apples?

Cai wants to buy cherries and apples to make a fruit tart. Cherries cost $3.75 per-example-1
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2 pounds of cherries cost 2x3.75 dollars = 7.5 dollars.
1.5 pounds of apples cost 1.5x2.25 = 3.375 dollars.
The total is $10.87.5 (rounded to $10.88)

For x pounds of cherries and y pounds of apples, the cost is 3.75x + 2.25y
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