A sale at a local grocery store was offering all fruit at the same price per pound. Valencia bought 1.5 pounds of peaches and 3.5 pounds of plums. She used a 50 cents off coupon and ended up spending exactly $5.00. What was the price per pound for the fruit that Valencia bought?

Answer 1

she bought a total of 1.5+3.5 = 5.0 lbs of fruit
So the price before the discount was (5.00+0.50)/5.0 = $1.10/lb