Hillary buys 3 pounds of Gala apples and some Granny Smith apples. Both kinds of apples cost $4.50 per pound. The total cost is $24.75. How many pounds of Granny Smith apples did Hillary buy? Write and solve an equation.
So 3×4.50=13.5 and then we are going to want to add another 4.50, that will equal to 24.75. So in answer with this question i have to say she bought 1 pound of apples of granny apples than she did gala apples. Hillary went to buy 1 pound of Granny apples and $4.50 worth of Granny apples.
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Let's use the variable G to represent the number of pounds of Granny Smith apples that Hillary bought.
We know that Gala apples cost $4.50 per pound, so the cost of 3 pounds of Gala apples is 4.50 * 3 = $<<4.50*3=13.50>>13.50.
Therefore, the cost of the Granny Smith apples is $24.75 - $13.50 = $<<24.75-13.50=11.25>>11.25.
Since both kinds of apples cost $4.50 per pound, we can set up the equation 4.50 * G = $11.25.
To find G, we will divide both sides of the equation by $4.50: G = $11.25 / $4.50.
Evaluating this expression, G = <<11.25/4.5=2.5>>2.5.
Therefore, Hillary bought 2.5 pounds of Granny Smith apples.
To solve this problem, we can start by assigning a variable to the unknown quantity, the number of pounds of Granny Smith apples Hillary bought. Let's say she bought x pounds of Granny Smith apples.
We know that the cost of 3 pounds of Gala apples is $4.50 per pound. So the cost of 3 pounds of Gala apples is 3 * $4.50 = $13.50.
The total cost of both types of apples is $24.75. Since the cost of the Gala apples is $13.50, the cost of the Granny Smith apples must be $24.75 - $13.50 = $11.25.
Both kinds of apples cost $4.50 per pound, so the cost of x pounds of Granny Smith apples at $4.50 per pound is $4.50 * x = $11.25.
Now we can write the equation:
$4.50 * x = $11.25
To solve for x, we can divide both sides of the equation by $4.50:
x = $11.25 / $4.50
Calculating this gives us:
x = 2.5
Therefore, Hillary bought 2.5 pounds of Granny Smith apples.