Lani buys groceries at the stom for $30 25. He spent $5.25 on apples, $325 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)
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To find out how much Lani spent on the lunch meat, we need to subtract the costs of the apples and the box of crackers from the total grocery cost.
Lani spent:
- $5.25 on apples
- $3.25 on a box of crackers
Let's add up these two amounts first:
$5.25 (apples) + $3.25 (crackers) = $8.50
Now, we'll subtract this amount from the total grocery cost:
$30.25 (total) - $8.50 (apples + crackers) = $21.75
So, Lani spent $21.75 on lunch meat.
Now, we divide this cost by the weight of the lunch meat to find out the cost per pound:
$21.75 รท 3 pounds = $7.25 per pound
Therefore, the lunch meat cost \$7.25 per pound.