Question
Lani buys groceries at the store for $30.25. He spent $5.25 on apples, $3.25 on a box of crackers, and the rest on 3 pounds of lunch meat. How much did the lunch meat cost, in dollars per pound?(1 point)
To find out how much Lani spent on lunch meat, we need to subtract the cost of apples and crackers from the total cost of groceries.
The cost of apples and crackers is $5.25 + $3.25 = $<<5.25+3.25=8.50>>8.50.
So the cost of lunch meat is $30.25 - $8.50 = $<<30.25-8.5=21.75>>21.75.
Since Lani bought 3 pounds of lunch meat, the cost per pound is $21.75 / 3 = $<<21.75/3=7.25>>7.25.
Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound. Answer: \boxed{7.25}.
To find out how much the lunch meat cost per pound, we need to subtract the amounts spent on apples and crackers from the total amount spent on groceries.
Total amount spent on groceries = $30.25
Amount spent on apples = $5.25
Amount spent on crackers = $3.25
Amount spent on lunch meat = Total amount spent on groceries - Amount spent on apples - Amount spent on crackers
Amount spent on lunch meat = $30.25 - $5.25 - $3.25
Amount spent on lunch meat = $21.75
Now, we need to find out how much the lunch meat cost per pound. We are given that Lani bought 3 pounds of lunch meat.
Cost per pound of lunch meat = Amount spent on lunch meat / Number of pounds of lunch meat
Cost per pound of lunch meat = $21.75 / 3 pounds
Cost per pound of lunch meat = $7.25
Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound.
To find out how much the lunch meat cost per pound, we need to first calculate the total cost of the apples and crackers.
The cost of the apples is $5.25 and the cost of the crackers is $3.25.
To find the total cost of the apples and crackers, we add these two amounts together:
$5.25 + $3.25 = $8.50
Next, we subtract this total cost from the overall cost of the groceries to find the cost of the lunch meat:
$30.25 - $8.50 = $21.75
Now, we know that Lani bought 3 pounds of lunch meat, and the total cost of the lunch meat is $21.75.
To find the cost per pound, we divide the total cost by the number of pounds:
$21.75 รท 3 = $7.25
Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound.