Nora used a ten dollar bill to buy a 1/2 gallon of ice cream for $3.25 and 1 1/2 pounds of meat. If her change was $0.96, what was the price per pound for the meat?
To find the price per pound for the meat, we need to subtract the cost of the ice cream from the total amount Nora spent.
Nora spent $3.25 on the ice cream, so we subtract this from the total amount she spent:
10 - 3.25 = $6.75
Next, we subtract the change she received from the amount she spent:
6.75 - 0.96 = $5.79
Since she purchased 1 1/2 pounds of meat, we divide $5.79 by 1.5:
5.79 ÷ 1.5 = $3.86
Therefore, the price per pound for the meat is $3.86.
To find the price per pound for the meat, we first need to determine the total amount Nora spent on ice cream and meat.
Since Nora used a ten dollar bill and received $0.96 in change, we can subtract the change from the initial amount of money she spent.
10 - 0.96 = $9.04
Now, we'll subtract the cost of the ice cream from the total amount she spent to find the cost of the meat.
9.04 - 3.25 = $5.79
Since Nora bought 1 1/2 pounds of meat, we can divide the total cost of the meat by the weight to find the price per pound.
To convert 1 1/2 to an improper fraction:
1 1/2 = (2 * 1) + 1 = 3/2
Now, we can divide the total cost by the weight in pounds:
5.79 ÷ (3/2) = 5.79 * (2/3) = $3.86
Therefore, the price per pound for the meat is $3.86.
Mhm!
10 - (1/2 * 3.25) - (1 1/2 * x) = 0.96
Now solve for x