Charity is buying peaches at the store. The cost of the peaches are $1.30 per pound. If she has $6.50 to spend on peaches, how many pounds (x) can she buy?
Set up an equation to solve the problem.
The cost of the peaches per pound is $1.30. Let the number of pounds Charity can buy be represented by x. The equation to solve the problem is:
$1.30 * x = $6.50
This equation represents the cost of the peaches per pound multiplied by the number of pounds Charity can buy, which should equal the amount she has to spend on peaches ($6.50).
To solve the problem, we can set up the following equation:
1.30x = 6.50
In this equation, "x" represents the number of pounds of peaches Charity can buy, and 1.30 represents the cost of one pound of peaches.
By solving the equation, we can determine the value of "x" which will represent the number of pounds Charity can buy.
To solve this problem, we can set up an equation using the given information.
Let's assume that Charity can buy x pounds of peaches.
Since the cost of peaches is $1.30 per pound, we can multiply the cost per pound by the number of pounds to find the total cost of the peaches.
So, the total cost of x pounds of peaches can be represented as 1.30x dollars.
We are given that Charity has $6.50 to spend on peaches. Therefore, we can set up the equation:
1.30x = 6.50
This equation states that the total cost of the peaches (1.30x) is equal to the amount of money Charity has ($6.50).
To solve the equation for x, we can divide both sides by 1.30:
x = 6.50 / 1.30
Calculating this expression, we find:
x = 5
So, Charity can buy 5 pounds of peaches with $6.50.