Question

Samuel and Jason sell cans to a recycling center that pays $0.40 per pound of cans. The table shows the number of pounds of cans that they sold for several days.

Day Samuel's cans(lb) Jason's cans(lb)
Monday 17.4 10.4
Tuesday 13.3 11.3
Wednesday 10.4 7.2

Samuel wants to use his earnings from Monday and Tuesday to buy some batteries that cost $5.50 each. How many batteries can Samuel buy?

Samuel can buy batteries

Answer 1

I believe 2 batteries

Explanation:

17.4 pounds from monday + 13.3 from Tuesday= 30.7 pounds.

30.7 pounds times $0.40 is $12.28

12.28/5.5 is 2.327272727...

You cant buy .3 of a batter so the answer should be 2