SOLUTION: Sliced turkey cost $3.20 per pound. Roast beef cost twice as much, & ground beef cost half as much as the turkey. The science club ordered 5 pounds of each for their annual picnic.

Question 40862: Sliced turkey cost $3.20 per pound. Roast beef cost twice as much, & ground beef cost half as much as the turkey. The science club ordered 5 pounds of each for their annual picnic. what was the total cost?
Find the price of 1.75 pounds of sliced turkey.
Thank you
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well if the turkey is $3.20/lb, then the roast beef is $6.40/lb, and the ground beef is $1.60/lb.
Five pounds of each would cost
5($3.20) + 5($6.40) + 5($1.60) =
$16 + $32 + $8 =
$56
1.75 lbs of turkey would cost 1.75($3.20) = $5.60
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