SOLUTION: At a delicatessen, ham costs $2.49 per pound and Swiss cheese costs $3.79 per pound. The customer has $9.50 to spend on 2 pounds of ham and some cheese. How much cheese can she pu

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Question 50351: At a delicatessen, ham costs $2.49 per pound and Swiss cheese costs $3.79 per pound. The customer has $9.50 to spend on 2 pounds of ham and some cheese. How much cheese can she purchase? Write an equation and solve it.
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = number of pounds of cheese she can buy.

Then the equation will be this:
2.49*2 + 3.79*x = 9.50
4.98 + 3.79x = 9.50

Subtract 4.98 from each side:
4.98 -4.98 + 3.79x = 9.50-4.98
3.79x = 4.54

Divide both sides by 3.79
x=+4.54%2F3.79=1.197889 pounds of cheese (almost 1.2 pounds).

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