a store is selling rhubarb at 89 cents per pound. They are selling stawberries at $1.50 for two pounds. You would like to make 4 strawberry rhubarb pies. Each pie uses 5 oz rhubarb and 11 oz stawberries. How much will it cost to buy enough rhubarb and strawberries to make your 4 pies? q

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Michael Bush

3 February, 06:27

a store is selling rhubarb at 89 cents per pound. They are selling stawberries at $1.50 for two pounds. You would like to make 4 strawberry rhubarb pies. Each pie uses 5 oz rhubarb and 11 oz stawberries. How much will it cost to buy enough rhubarb and strawberries to make your 4 pies? q

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Jamarcus · Answer 1

It would cost $1.16 of rhubarb and $2.08 of strawberries.

Step-by-step explanation:

rhubarb = 89cents/lb

strawberry = $1.50/2lb = 75cents/lb

One pie requires 5oz of rhubarb and 11oz of strawberries.

1Lb is 16oz, so:

5oz x 1lb/16oz = 0.3125lb x 89cents/lb = 0.29cents x 4 pies = $1.16

11oz x 1lb/16oz = 0.6875lb x 75cents/lb = 0.52cents x 4 pies = $2.08

To make 4 pies, it would cost $1.16 of rhubarb and $2.08 of strawberries.