Charity is buying peaches at the store. The cost of the peaches are $1.30 per pound. If she has $6.50 to spend on peaches, how many pounds (x) can she buy?

Question

Set up an equation to solve the problem.
A.
1.30x=6.50

B. 1.30+x=6.50

C. 1.30/6.50=x

D. 6.50x=1.30

Answer 1

To determine how many pounds of peaches Charity can buy, we want to set up an equation that relates the cost per pound of the peaches to the total amount she has to spend.

Let \( x \) be the number of pounds of peaches she can buy. The cost of the peaches is $1.30 per pound, so the total cost can be expressed as \( 1.30x \). Since she has $6.50 to spend, we set up the equation:

\[ 1.30x = 6.50 \]

So the correct answer is:

A. 1.30x = 6.50