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 peaches per pound is $1.30. Let's assume Charity can buy x pounds of peaches.
The total cost of the peaches she can buy is $6.50.
So, the equation to solve the problem is:
1.30 * x = 6.50
To set up the equation, we need to determine how much money Charity can spend per pound of peaches. If the cost of the peaches is $1.30 per pound, then Charity's budget per pound can be expressed as:
Budget per pound = $6.50 / x pounds
Since Charity has $6.50 to spend on peaches, the equation becomes:
$6.50 / x = $1.30
Now we can solve for x.
To set up an equation to solve this problem, we can use the concept of unitary method or algebraic expression.
Let's represent the number of pounds of peaches Charity can buy as 'x'.
According to the problem, the cost of peaches is $1.30 per pound. So, the cost for x pounds of peaches can be calculated as 1.30x dollars.
Now, Charity has $6.50 to spend on peaches, so we can form the equation:
1.30x = 6.50
To solve this equation and find the value of x, we can divide both sides of the equation by 1.30:
(1.30x) / 1.30 = 6.50 / 1.30
Simplifying, we get:
x = 5
Therefore, Charity can buy 5 pounds of peaches with her $6.50.