SOLUTION: Hi, please help me solve the question: A man spends $4.00 to buy lemons. If the price of each lemon were 4 cents less, he could buy 50 more for the same amount of money. What w

Question 619580: Hi, please help me solve the question:
A man spends $4.00 to buy lemons. If the price of each lemon were 4 cents less, he could buy 50 more for the same amount of money. What was the price of each lemon?
Thank you!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the price of a lemon in cents
The number of lemons he bought was
is 4 cents less than the price of a lemon

Multiply both sides by

Each lemon cost 8 cents
check:

OK

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