Question

Megan bought 2 1/4 pounds of bananas for 0.80 per pound and 1 1/2 pounds of strawberries for 1.10 per pound how much more did Megan spend on bananas than on strawberries express the answer as dollars. Cents

Answer 1

$0.15

Explanation:

Given that:

Cost of banana per pound = $0.80

Amount of banana bought =
`2(1)/(4)=2.25\ pounds`

Cost of strawberries per pound = $1.10

Amount of strawberries bought =
`1(1)/(2) = 1.5\ pounds`

To find:

How much more money was spent on bananas than Strawberries.

Solution:

Here, first we need to find how much money was spent on bananas and strawberries.

Then we need to subtract the smaller value from larger value.

From the given values, we can calculate the following:

Cost of banana for 2.25 pounds = $0.80
`*` 2.25 = $1.8

Similarly,

Cost of strawberries for 1.5 pounds = $1.10
`*` 1.5 = $1.65

Money more spent on bananas = $1.8 - $1.65 = $0.15