Lani buys groceries at the store for $30.25. He spent $5.25 on apples, $3.25 on a box of crackers, and the rest on 3 pounds of lunch meat. How much did the lunch meat cost, in dollars per pound?(1 point)
Lani spent $5.25 + $3.25 = $<<5.25+3.25=8.50>>8.50 on apples and crackers.
Therefore, he spent $30.25 - $8.50 = $<<30.25-8.50=21.75>>21.75 on lunch meat.
Thus, Lani spent $21.75/3 pounds = $<<21.75/3=7.25>>7.25 per pound on lunch meat. Answer: \boxed{7.25}.
To find out how much Lani spent on lunch meat per pound, we need to first subtract the amounts spent on apples and crackers from the total amount spent.
Total amount spent = $30.25
Amount spent on apples = $5.25
Amount spent on crackers = $3.25
So, the amount spent on lunch meat can be calculated as follows:
Amount spent on lunch meat = Total amount spent - Amount spent on apples - Amount spent on crackers
Amount spent on lunch meat = $30.25 - $5.25 - $3.25
Amount spent on lunch meat = $21.75
Since Lani bought 3 pounds of lunch meat, we can find the cost per pound by dividing the amount spent by the number of pounds:
Cost of lunch meat per pound = Amount spent on lunch meat / Number of pounds
Cost of lunch meat per pound = $21.75 / 3 pounds
Cost of lunch meat per pound = $7.25
Therefore, the lunch meat costs $7.25 per pound.
To find out how much the lunch meat cost per pound, we need to determine how much money was spent on the lunch meat and then divide that amount by the weight of the lunch meat.
Given that Lani spent $30.25 in total, and $5.25 on apples and $3.25 on crackers, we can subtract these amounts from the total to find out how much money was spent on the lunch meat.
$5.25 (apples) + $3.25 (crackers) = $8.50
To find the amount spent on the lunch meat, we subtract $8.50 from the total:
$30.25 (total) - $8.50 (apples and crackers) = $21.75
Now we can divide the amount spent on the lunch meat by 3 pounds to find the cost per pound:
$21.75 / 3 (pounds) = $7.25
Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound.