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.

=x

D.
6.50x=1.30

Answer 1

To find out how many pounds of peaches Charity can buy, we need to use the cost per pound of the peaches and the total amount of money she has.

The cost of peaches is $1.30 per pound, and Charity has $6.50 to spend. We can set up the equation based on the total cost:

Cost per pound multiplied by the number of pounds (x) should equal the total amount of money she has:

1.30 * x = 6.50

So the correct equation is:

A. 1.30x = 6.50