Madeline went to the store to buy some cherries. The price per pound of the cherries is $6.50 per pound and she has a coupon for $1 off the final amount. With the coupon, how much would Madeline have to pay to buy 2 pounds of cherries? Also, write an expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of cherries, assuming at least one pound is purchased.

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Final cost of 2 pounds:
Final cost of pp pounds:

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Final cost of 2 pounds:

To find the final cost of 2 pounds of cherries, we need to multiply the price per pound by the number of pounds and then subtract the coupon discount.

The cost for 2 pounds of cherries without the coupon discount would be: 2 * $6.50 = $13.00

Subtracting the $1 off coupon discount, the final cost would be: $13.00 - $1.00 = $12.00

Therefore, Madeline would have to pay $12.00 to buy 2 pounds of cherries.

Final cost of pp pounds:

To write an expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of cherries, we can use the variable c to represent the cost per pound and p to represent the number of pounds.

The expression for the cost to buy pp pounds of cherries would be: c * p - $1.00

Therefore, the final cost of pp pounds of cherries can be represented as c * p - $1.00.