Question

A pound of peppermints costs $1.10. Fruit sours are $1.15 for half a pound. The student council has a budget of $160 to purchase candy to fill goody bags for a fundraising event. The council wants to buy three times as many sours as peppermints. Approximately how many pounds of sours will they buy?

1. 60 pounds of sours
2. 130.5 pounds of sours
3. 36 pounds of sours
4. 109 pounds of sours
5. 20 pounds of sours

Answer 1

1. 60 pounds

Explanation:

sours are 1.15 for half a pound so it can not be above 100 but certinally not low so its 60 pounds of sours or 1.