Question

Lani buys groceries at the store for $30.25. He spent $5.25 on apples and 3.25 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?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Lani spent 30.25 - 5.25 - 3.25 = $<<30.25-5.25-3.25=21.75>>21.75 on lunch meat.
Therefore, Lani spent 21.75/3 = $<<21.75/3=7.25>>7.25 per pound. Answer: \boxed{7.25}.

Answer 3

To find the cost of lunch meat per pound, we need to first determine how much Lani spent on lunch meat. We can do this by subtracting the amounts spent on apples and crackers from the total amount spent at the store.

Lani spent $5.25 on apples and $3.25 on crackers, for a total of $5.25 + $3.25 = $8.50.

So, the amount spent on lunch meat is $30.25 - $8.50 = $21.75.

Now, we need to find the cost of lunch meat per pound. Lani purchased 3 pounds of lunch meat, so we divide the total amount spent on lunch meat by the number of pounds.

The cost of lunch meat per pound is $21.75 / 3 pounds = $7.25 per pound.

Therefore, the lunch meat cost $7.25 per pound.