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.
$1.30x = $6.50
Simplify:
x = $6.50 / $1.30
x = 5
Therefore, Charity can buy 5 pounds of peaches.