You want to buy 4 lb of Cortland apples and some Gala apples. Each variety of apple costs $1.20/lb. You can spend $7.20. How many pounds of Gala apples can you buy?

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Bobo IV
Apr 7, 2018

You can buy 2 pounds of Gala apples.

Explanation:

Multiply the amount of Cortland apples you want to buy by your unit price. You now know that the Cortland apples will cost you $4.80. Therefore you can simply subtract this from your budget and now know you have $2.40 left to buy gala apples. Applying your unit price to your leftover money you now know your answer, which is, you can buy 2 pounds of Gala apples.

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