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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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HermioneGranger919
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.

Jose bought a bag of [tex]6[/tex] oranges for [tex]\$2.82[/tex] and Jose also bought [tex]5[/tex]  pineapples each cost [tex]\$3.15[/tex].

Explanation:

Given: Jose bought a bag of [tex]6[/tex] oranges for [tex]\$2.82[/tex]. He also bought [tex]5[/tex] pineapples. He gave the cashier [tex]\$20[/tex] and received [tex]\$1.43[/tex] change.

Let cost of a pineapple be [tex]x[/tex].

According to the question:

Cost of pineapple is calculated as [tex]20-(2.82+5x)=1.43[/tex]

                                                            [tex]20-2.82-5x=1.43\\[/tex]

                                                                               [tex]5x=17.18-1.43\\[/tex]

                                                                                 [tex]x=\frac{15.75}{5} \\x=3.15[/tex]

Therefore, cost of each pineapple is [tex]\$3.15[/tex].

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