Question

A pound of blueberries costs $3.98 and a pound of clementines costs $2.49. What is the combined cost of 0.6 pound of blueberries and 1.8 pounds of clementines? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Answer:The combined cost of 0.6 pounds of blueberries and 1.8 pounds of clementines is $6.87 and this can be determined by using the unitary method.

Given :

A pound of blueberries costs $3.98 and a pound of clementines costs $2.49.

The following steps can be used in order to determine the combined cost of 0.6 pounds of blueberries and 1.8 pounds of clementines:

Step 1 - The unitary method can be used in order to determine the combined cost of 0.6 pounds of blueberries and 1.8 pounds of clementines.

Step 2 - If one pound of blueberries costs $3.98 then 0.6 pounds of blueberries costs:

= $2.388

Step 3 - If one pound of clementines costs $2.49 then 1.8 pounds of clementines costs:

= $4.482

Step 4 - The combined cost of 0.6 pounds of blueberries and 1.8 pounds of clementines is:

= 2.388 + 4.482

= $6.87

Explanation: