Question

Answer the question. (5 pts)You have $49 to spend on picking 12 pints of three different types of berries at the GourmetBerry Farm. The strawberries cost $3.50 per pint, the blackberries cost $4,00 per pint, and theraspberries cost $4.50 per pint. You want as many blackberries as strawberries and raspberriescombined. How many of each type of berry should you buy?

Answer 1

You have $49 to spend in 12 pints of three different types of berries.

Strawberries $3.50/pint

Blackberries $4.00/pint

Raspberries $4.50/pint

You want to buy the same amount of each berry, if the total amount of berries you can buy is 12 pints and you have three types of berries, divide 12 by three to calculate what is the max amount of pints per berry type you can buy:

12/3= 4

Now lets check how much you would spend if you buy 4 pints of each berry:

Strawberries 4* $3.50= $14

Blackberries 4*$4.00= $16

Raspberries 4*$4.50= $18

Add them:

$14+$16+$18= $48

With $49 and considering you want to buy the same amount of each berry type, you can buy 4 pints of each berry