Question

Fuji apples cost $3.00 per pound, and Golden Delicious apples cost $2.00 per pound. A childcare center purchases 30 pounds of a combination of the two types of apples for a total of $80.

A table titled Apples showing Pounds, Cost per Pound and Total. The first row shows Fuji and has 30 minus g, 3, and x. The second row shows Golden Delicious, and has g, 2, and blank. The third row shows Total, and has 30, blank, 80.

Which value could replace x in the table?

30 – g + g
3(30 – g)
30 – g(3)
30 – g + 3

Answer 1

x is the cost for Fuji apples = (pounds of Fuji) × ($3/pound) = 3(30 − g).