Question

A chef makes a fruit salad using pears and mangos. Pears and mangos each cost $2.25 per fruit. The chef buys x pears and y mangos. Which two expressions represent the chef's cost of making the fruit salad?

Answer 1

P=2.25x-----------1

M=2.25y----------2

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

we are told that the cost of pears= $2.25 each

and cost of mango= $2.25 each

Step two:

the chef bought x pears and y mangoes

let the total cost of pears be P

and for mango be M

P=2.25x-----------1

M=2.25y----------2