Jose bought a bag of 6 oranges for $2.82. He also bought 5 pineapples. He gave the cashier $20 and received $1.43 change. How much did each pineapple cost?

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Ruchus

Mathematics

12 March, 05:57

Jose bought a bag of 6 oranges for $2.82. He also bought 5 pineapples. He gave the cashier $20 and received $1.43 change. How much did each pineapple cost?

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Valentina Maldonado · Answer 1

Your answer is: $3.15 each.

Here are the steps:

First, I added $2.82 and $1.43. Then, I subtracted the sum ($4.25) from $20. Lastly, I divided the difference ($15.75) by five because there were five pineapples. Which gave me the answer: $3.15.