Question

At the market, Xiang bought a bunch of bananas for$0.35 per pound and frozen pizza for $4.99. The total for Xiang's purchase was $0.64 without tax. How many pounds of bananas did Xiang buy? ( show work please ? )

Answer 1

There is typo error in the total purchase. It should be $10.64 and not $0.64.

Answer:

16 pounds of bananas are bought.

Explanation:

Let the number of pounds of bananas bought be 'x'.

Given:

Cost of one pound of banana = $0.35

Cost of frozen pizza = $4.99

Total cost of the purchase = $10.64 (without tax)

Now, using unitary method, we first find the cost of 'x' bananas.

Cost of 1 banana = $0.35

Cost of 'x' bananas =
`0.35x`

Now, total cost of purchase is given as:

Total cost = Cost of 'x' bananas + Cost of frozen pizza

`10.64=0.35x+4.99\\\\10.64-4.99=0.35x\\\\5.65=0.35x\\\\x=(5.65)/(0.35)\\\\x\approx 16`

Therefore, 16 pounds of bananas are bought.