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Mrs. Baker paid $2.50 for 5 pounds of bananas.

Write an equation relating the cost [tex]c[/tex] to the number of pounds [tex]p[/tex] of bananas.

How much would Mrs. Baker pay for 8 pounds of bananas?

Answer :

so, if she paid 2.50 for 5 pounds, how much would she pay for one pound? we divide by 5:

2.50/5=0.50

so one pound costs 0.50 dollars.

then for 8 pounds, she'd pay eight times this much, that is 4 dollars.

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