document.write( "Question 766320: 3) Peanut butter costs sixteen cents an ounce. Jelly costs two hundred twenty-four cents per pound. Hailey wants to make 1 1/2 pounds of peanut butter and jelly. If she wants the entire mix to cost $3.52, how many pounds of jelly should she use?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8) Madison works at the supermarket. She put together a fruit cup of watermelon and cantaloupes, which weigh 8/15 pounds and cost a total of $0.34. If the fruit cup has one-third of a pound of watermelon, which costs fifty cents per pound, how much do cantaloupes cost per pound?
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Fruit Cup watermelon & canteloupe:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8/15 pound fruit cup, cost $0.34
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given also \"1%2F3=5%2F15\" pound is watermelon, then
\n" ); document.write( "pounds canteloupe is \"8%2F15-5%2F15=3%2F15\" pounds canteloupe.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the price of the canteloupe. Call it c dollars per pound.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Account for cost: \"highlight%28%281%2F3%29%280.5%29%2B%281%2F5%29%28c%29=0.34%29\",note also, the poundage of each melon is used here in reduced form.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%285%2F15%29%280.5%29%2B%283%2F15%29c=0.34\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%280.5%29%2B3c=15%280.34%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2.5%2B3c=15%280.34%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3c=15%280.34%29-2.5=5.10-2.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3c=2.6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"c=2.6%2F3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28c=0.87%29\" dollars per pound.
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