A store has apples on sale for $7.00 for 2 pounds. If an apple is approximately 5 ounces, how many apples can you buy for $42.00? Complete the explanation.
To find out how many apples you can buy for $42.00, we need to determine the price per apple.
First, let's calculate the price per pound of apples. The store is selling 2 pounds of apples for $7.00, so we can divide the total cost by the weight: $7.00 / 2 pounds = $3.50 per pound.
Next, we need to convert the price per pound to the price per ounce. Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, we divide the price per pound by 16: $3.50 / 16 ounces = $0.21875 per ounce.
Now, we need to determine how many ounces you can buy for $42.00. To do this, we divide the total amount of money by the price per ounce: $42.00 / $0.21875 per ounce = 192 ounces.
Finally, we need to find out how many apples you can buy with 192 ounces. Since each apple is approximately 5 ounces, we divide the total ounces by the weight of each apple: 192 ounces / 5 ounces = 38.4 apples.
Since you cannot buy a fraction of an apple, you can buy a maximum of 38 apples for $42.00.
42$ * 2lb/7$ * 16oz/lb * 1apple/5oz = 38.4
so, you can get about 38 apples