Lanny buys groceries at the store for $30.25. He spent $5.25 on apples $3.25 on a box of crackers in the rest on 3 pounds of lunchmeat how much the lunchmeat cost in dollars per pound
Lanny spent a total of $30.25 - $5.25 - $3.25 = $<<30.25-5.25-3.25=21.75>>21.75 on lunchmeat.
The cost of the lunchmeat per pound is $21.75 / 3 = $<<21.75/3=7.25>>7.25. Answer: \boxed{7.25}.
To find out how much the lunchmeat cost in dollars per pound, we need to divide the total cost of the lunchmeat by the number of pounds purchased.
Lanny spent $5.25 on apples, $3.25 on a box of crackers, and the rest on 3 pounds of lunchmeat. To calculate the cost of the lunchmeat, we subtract the cost of apples and crackers from the total grocery bill:
Total cost of lunchmeat = Total grocery bill - (Cost of apples + Cost of crackers)
= $30.25 - ($5.25 + $3.25)
= $30.25 - $8.50
= $21.75
Now, we divide the cost of the lunchmeat by the number of pounds to find the cost per pound:
Cost per pound = Total cost of lunchmeat / Number of pounds
= $21.75 / 3
= $7.25
Therefore, the lunchmeat cost $7.25 per pound.
To find out how much the lunchmeat cost per pound, we can subtract the cost of apples and the box of crackers from the total cost of groceries.
Total cost of groceries - Cost of apples - Cost of crackers = Cost of lunchmeat
$30.25 - $5.25 - $3.25 = $21.75
So, the cost of the lunchmeat is $21.75.
Next, we need to find out the cost per pound. We know that Lanny bought 3 pounds of lunchmeat, so we can divide the cost of the lunchmeat by the pounds.
Cost of lunchmeat / Pounds of lunchmeat = Cost per pound
$21.75 / 3 pounds = $7.25 per pound
Therefore, the lunchmeat cost $7.25 per pound.