Given situation : 0.5 pound of peaches selling for 0.80 dollars/ pound
0.7 pound of oranges selling for 0.90 dollars / pound.
Solution
Given number 1 : Peaches
=> 0.5 pound = meaning, ½ pound is available, And 1 pound of it costs 0.80 dollars.
Let’s solve:
=> 0.80 dollars * 0.5
=> 0.40 dollars – the price of the peaches.
Given number 2 : Oranges
=> 0.7 pounds of oranges, meaning less than 1 pound. And 1 pound costs 0.90 dollars
Let’s solve to get the anwer
=> 0.7 * .90
=> 0.63 dollars – the costs of 0.7 pounds of oranges,