Paula invited some friends to dinner and she plans to make fajitas at the grocery store she spent $2.56 on red bell peppers and $1.92 on green bell pepper if both types of bell peppers cost $1.60 per pound how many total pounds of bell pepper does she buy

Answer: 2.8

Step-by-step explanation:

Given dа ta:

Money spent by Paula for red bell peppers = $2.56

Money spent by Paula on green bell peppers = $1.92

Both pepper cost = $1.60 / pound

Therefore:

Total pounds of bell peppers bought by Paula

= cost of green bell pepper + red red bell pepper / price/pound

= $2.56 + $1.92 / $1.60

= $4.48 / $1.60

= 2.8 pounds

Paula bought 2.8pounds of pepper