Question

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Helen went to the grocery store to buy potatoes. The store charges $1.03 for each pound of potatoes. On the way out of the store, Helen picked up a gallon of ice cream at a cost of $4.53. If Helen spent $11.74 at the store, how many pounds of potatoes did she purchase? Assume tax is included in the given price.
A. 8
B. 6
C. 7
D. 5

Answer 1

C. 7

Answer 2

First, you need to subtract 11.74 and 4.53 to get 7.21. $7.21 is how much money Helen spent on potatoes. If each pound of potatoes cost $1.03, you need to divide 7.21 by 1.03. What does that give you?

Answer 3

so you first need to subtract the 4.53 from the 11.74, you the devide 7.21 (which is the answer to 11.74-4.53=7.21) 7.21/1.03=your answer, so your answer is 7 aka c

Answer 4

Yes, so since she spend about $7 on potatoes, and each pound of potatoes costs about $1, Helen bought about 7 pounds of potatoes...do you get that?

Answer 5

That being said, I would say the answer is C. Tell us what you get.

Answer 6

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