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.
The cost of the peaches per pound is $1.30. Let x be the number of pounds of peaches Charity can buy.
The total cost of the peaches is 1.30x.
Charity has $6.50 to spend, so 1.30x = 6.50.
Dividing both sides of the equation by 1.30, we get x = 5.