Question

Chen is bringing fruit and veggies to serve at an afternoon meeting. He spends a total of $28.70 on 5 pints of cut veggies and 7 pints of cut fruit. The food cost is modeled by the equation 5 v plus 7 f equals 28.70, where v represents the cost of one pint of cut veggies and f represents the cost of one pint of cut fruit. If the cost of each pint of fruit is $2.85, what is the approximate price of a pint of veggies? (Round to the nearest cent, as needed.)

$1.75
$2.06
$2.39
$3.99

Answer 1

7 × $2.85 = $19.95.
28.70 − 19.95 = 8.75, and 8.75 ÷ 5 = 1.75.

So the price per pint of veggies is $1.75.