Question 330206
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Let's put a specific value in for *[tex \Large x] and then expand what we discover into a more general statement of the situation.


Assume for the moment that the amount of money spent on the fruit was $9.00.  Clearly you can see that each of the nine pounds must have cost $1.00.  Likewise, if the store clerk had asked for $18.00, each pound would have been worth $2.00, and if the bill had been $27.00 -- I would put the pears back and investigate the price of apples.


The pattern seems to be that if I divide the total cost, *[tex \Large x] in dollars, by the number of pounds of fruit purchased, the result is the cost in dollars per pound.


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{x}{9}] dollars per pound.


for this situation. 



John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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