Question

Morissa pays $12.99 per pound for dried blueberries and $9.99 per pound for dried cherries. Which of the following statements could be true?

Morissa bought 2 pounds of blueberries and spent $14.99 on cherries for a total of $34.99.

Morissa bought 1.3 pounds of blueberries and 1.6 pounds of cherries for a total of $33.77.

Morissa spent $22.73 on blueberries and spent $12.49 on cherries for a total of 3 pounds of fruit.

Morissa bought 2 pounds of fruit for a total of $18.

Answer 1

@heather040200 @primeralph

Answer 2

@nincompoop

Answer 3

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Answer 4

So lets do the math...

Option A: 2 pounds of blueberries @ 12.99 per pound = 25.98 + 14.99 spent on cherries = 40.97 not 34.99

Option B: 1.3 pounds of blueberries @ 12.99 per pound, so 1.3*12.99=16.89
1.6 pounds of cherries @ 9.99 per pound, so 1.6*9.99=15.98
Finally add both results 16.89+15.98=32.87, not 33.77

Option C: blueberries- 22.73 dollars spent divided by 12.99 price per pound, so 22.73/12.99=1.75lbs of blueberries

cherries- 12.49 dollars spent divided by 9.99 price per pound, so 12.49/9.99=1.25
Now add both weight results together 1.75+1.25=3


Answer is Option C: TRUE- Morissa spent $22.73 on blueberries and spent $12.49 on cherries for a total of 3 pounds of fruit