Ajay went to the store to buy some chicken. The price per pound of the chicken is $3.75 per pound and he has a coupon for $1.75 off the final amount. With the coupon, how much would Ajay have to pay to buy 5 pounds of chicken? Also, write an expression for the cost to buy p pounds of chicken, assuming at least one pound is purchased.
Final cost of 5 pounds:
Final cost of p pounds:
To find the final cost of 5 pounds of chicken, we need to determine the total cost of 5 pounds of chicken and then subtract the $1.75 coupon.
The total cost of 5 pounds of chicken is $3.75 per pound * 5 pounds = $<<3.75*5=18.75>>18.75.
Therefore, Ajay would have to pay $18.75 - $1.75 = $<<18.75-1.75=17>>17 to buy 5 pounds of chicken.
To write an expression for the cost to buy p pounds of chicken, we can use the formula: cost = (price per pound * pounds) - coupon.
Therefore, the expression for the cost to buy p pounds of chicken is cost = ($3.75 * p) - $1.75.