Question

A grocery store sells apple and oranges by the pound the cost of the apples is $1.30 the cost of the oranges is $1.84 how much more is the cost for 1 and 1 half pound of oranges than the cost for 1 and 1 half pounds of apples?

Answer 1

1.5 pounds of oranges cost $0.81 more than 1.5 pounds of apples

Explanation:

1.5 pounds of apples = 1.5 × $1.30 = $1.95

1.5 pounds oforanges = 1.5 × $1.84 = $2.76

$2.76 - $1.95 = $0.81