Ben is making a dessert that requires 2.5 pound of strawberries and 1.5 pounds of blueberries. The straw berries cost $1 less per pound. Ben paid a total of $9.50 on the fruit what was the price per pound of each fruit?

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Matteo Myers

Mathematics

17 November, 16:06

Ben is making a dessert that requires 2.5 pound of strawberries and 1.5 pounds of blueberries. The straw berries cost $1 less per pound. Ben paid a total of $9.50 on the fruit what was the price per pound of each fruit?

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Luca Chung · Answer 1

2.5 (x-1) plus 1.5x is equal to $1.75 per pound

Edward Callahan · Answer 2

2.5x + 1.5y = 9.50

x = y - 1

2.5 (y - 1) + 1.5y = 9.50

2.5y - 2.5 + 1.5y = 9.50

2.5y + 1.5y = 9.50 + 2.50

4y = 12

y = 12/4

y = 3 < = = blueberries cost $ 3 per lb

x = y - 1

x = 3 - 1

x = 2 < = = strawberries cost $ 2 per lb