marc bought bananas, apples, and peaches. He bought twice as many lbs of bananas as apples, he bought 2 lbs more of apples than peaches and bought 3 lbs of peaches. How many total lbs of friuts did he buy?
Yo0u don't even need algebra for this. Just read the statememnts.
There are 3 pounds of peaches and two more than than (5) of apples. Double that for the number of bananas. Then add them up.
This is more about reading comprehension than math.
18
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To find the total pounds of fruit Marc bought, we need to determine the weight of each type of fruit and then add them all together.
Let's start with peaches. We know that Marc bought 3 lbs of peaches.
Next, let's find the weight of the apples. The problem states that Marc bought 2 lbs more of apples than peaches. Since he bought 3 lbs of peaches, he must have bought 3 + 2 = 5 lbs of apples.
Finally, we need to find the weight of the bananas. The problem states that Marc bought twice as many pounds of bananas as apples. Since he bought 5 lbs of apples, he must have bought 5 x 2 = 10 lbs of bananas.
Now, we can calculate the total weight of fruit by adding up the weights of peaches, apples, and bananas: 3 lbs (peaches) + 5 lbs (apples) + 10 lbs (bananas) = 18 lbs.
Therefore, Marc bought a total of 18 lbs of fruit.