Question

Write and evaluate the expression for each problem.

Carrots cost $1.29 per pound at Smalls. Pepper costs $1.59 at Smalls. If Samuel buys 112 pounds of carrots and 34 pounds of peppers, what is his total?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

What do we already know?

We know that carrots cost $1.29 per pound, and that he bought 112 pounds.

We also know that peppers cost $1.59 per pound, and that he got 34 pounds.

What do we need to know?

We need to know the total cost of their groceries.

How do we find that?

Let's let x represent the total amount. The first step is to make 1.29 into a non-decimal number. We are essentially making it into 129. But hold on, we still need the decimal for later. Now, we need to multiply 129 by 112. The answer to that is 14448. I know this might seem a little big, but remember we still have the decimal. let's put the decimal two places back.

=> $144.48

Now that we have amount of carrots, we need to find the amount of peppers.

Just like last time, we are going to put 1.59 to the 2nd power. Now we need to multiply 159 by 34. 159x34 equals 5406. Again, the decimal has to go two places back.

=> $54.06

All done! Or is it? Yep, we need to find x. In order to that, we need to add 54.06 and 144.48.

54.06 + 144.48 is equal to 198.54.

Wow. They must really like carrots and peppers!

Anyways, I hope this helped you. Have a great day :)

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