Question

Manuel bought 9 pounds of apples. He has eaten 3/4 of a pound so far and has​ $15 worth of apples left. Write and solve an equation to find the cost of the apples per pound to the nearest dollar. How much did the apples cost per​ pound?

Answer 1

Manuel bought pounds of apples and eat 3/4 of 1 pound
That is 0.75 pounds
Thus 9-0.75=8.25 pounds of apples left with him.
It is given that the cost of 25 pounds of Apple is dollar.
Let the cost of 1 pound of Apple be x.

8.25 multiply X=15

8.25x. 10
————. = ——
8.25. 8.25

X=10
——
8.25

X=1.818181

X=2

Then the cost of Apple is above two dollars per pound