Question

John buys 1.5 pounds of Skittles, 4.5 pounds of Reese's, and 2.3 pounds of chips. If the candy cost $0.70 a pound and the chips cost $1.20 a pound, how much did John spend?

Answer 1

Total amount spend = $6.96

Explanation:

Given:

Amount of Skittles = 1.5 pound

Amount of Reese = 4.5 pound

Amount of chips = 2.3 pound

Candy cost = $0.70 per pound

Chips cost = $1.20 per pound

Find:

Total amount spend

Computation:

Total amount spend = [Amount of Skittles+Amount of Reese][Candy cost]+[Amount of chips][Chips cost]

Total amount spend = [1.5+4.5][0.70]+[2.3][1.20]

Total amount spend = 4.2 + 2.76

Total amount spend = $6.96