Question

Harold bought 3 pounds of red apples and 42 pounds of green apples from Blue Star Grocery, where both kinds of apples are s17s a pound. How much did Harold spend on apples?

Answer 1

Harold spend `$7.65` on apples.

Explanation:

So if I'm reading this question right, both kinds of apples cost `$0.17` cent a pound then you need to multiply it in two equations or just one question.

First Method:

Red Apples - `0.17*3=0.51`
Green Apples - `0.17*42=7.14`

Total Cost - `7.14+0.51=7.65`

Second Method

You could of added the pounds of red apples with green apples as they cost the same amount of per pound so

`42+3=45`

So there is 45 pounds of apples together that cost the same price per pound which is `0.17` so we can multiply this by 45 like this:

`0.17*45`

Our final answer gives us `7.65` the same answer as the first method of doing it.