Question

If you can buy 3 lbs of apples for $7.20, how many pounds of apples can you buy if you have $12.00?

Answer 1

You can buy 5 lbs of apples for $12.00

Explanation:

We can solve this by writing the ratio:

3 is to 7.20 as x is to 12.00 or 3:7.20 -> x:12.00

Writing this as an equation gives:

`3/7.20 = x/12.00`

We can solve for `x` by multiplying each side of the equation by `color(red)(12)`:

`color(red)(12) xx 3/7.20 = color(red)(12) xx x/12.00`

`36/7.20 = cancel(color(red)(12)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(12.00)`

`5 = x`