Question

The school cafeteria sells apples for $0.25 and pears for $1.15. On Thursday

they sold 9 pieces of fruit earning a total of $4.95. How many of each item did
they sell?
A. 5 apples and 4 pears
B. 5 apples and 3 pears
C. 7 apples and 2 pears
D. 6 apples and 3 pears

Answer 1

D

Explanation:

I looked first at what added together equals 9. then I did the equation 0.25x+1.15y=4.95. I put the numbers into the equation and got my answer

Answer 2

D because they sold $1.50 for apples and 3.45 for pears add that up and it’ll be 4.95