charity is buying peaches at the store. the cost of the peaches are $1.30 per pound. if she had $6.50 to spend on peaches, how many pounds (x) can she buy?
set up an equation to solve the problem.
The cost of 1 pound of peaches is $1.30. Let x be the number of pounds of peaches Charity can buy with $6.50.
Since the cost of the peaches per pound is $1.30, the total cost of x pounds of peaches is 1.3x dollars.
The equation to solve the problem is:
1.3x = 6.5