Question

Julian is making potato salad for a family picnic. At the market, he spends $5.58 on red potatoes and $4.68 on yellow potatoes. If each type of potato costs $0.90 per pound, how many total pounds of potatoes does he buy?
Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

First divide 5.58 by 0.90 and then you'll get 6.2 Then divide 4.68 by 0.90 and you'll get 5.2 then do 6.2 + 5.2 = 11.4

$11.4 is the answer.

Answer 2

Julian bought a total of 11.4 pounds of potatoes.

Julian buys potatoes for his salad.

He spends $5.58 on red potatoes.

The cost of potatoes is $0.90 per pound(this is the unit rate)

The amount of red potatoes he bought is calculated by dividing the total money by the cost per pound.

The quantity of red potatoes bought by him= $5.58\div0.90=6.2$ pounds

Again he bought yellow potatoes for  $4.68 .

The amount of yellow potatoes bought =$4.68\div0.90=5.2$ pounds

So the total amount of potatoes bought is calculated by adding the individual weights of the two types of potatoes.

Total weight of potatoes bought by him = $5.2+6.2=11.4$ pounds.

Therefore the total weight of potatoes bought by Julian is 11.4 pounds as calculated using unit rate.

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